"Nancyb1962" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I am trying to find out if this would help or harm, and, if it would
> help, how to do it. I am wondering if it is possible that I could create
> a new partition on my Vista home basic just for storage for pictures and
> document files mainly. If I could do this, would it help the speed of
> the computer? If so, how would I go about doing this? And, once stored
> in the new partition, would I be able to open them as normal? I already
> use flash drives, etc for storage, but have run out of room on both of
> those, and just cant afford to buy more right now. I need to speed up
> this pc, and I know the vast number of pictures and documents and scans
> I have on here are probably the main culprit for slowing it down. (I do
> genealogy, and ebay- and have huge number of pictures relating to both,
> as well as text documents, .rtf files, .pdf files, .doc, etc).
> Advice and/or directions would be much appreciated.
> Thank you.
> Nancy
>
>
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> Nancyb1962
Yes, it is possible but you would be best to use 3rd party software like
Acronis Disk Director.
No. it will speed nothing up. It just allows for more sorting options..
If your computer was pre-installed with Vista, the full recovery method, if
used, would wipe out all of your data including any partition that you
create. It is therefore imperative that you back up all user data onto an
external drive or use your CD/DVD burning software to dopy user data onto
CD/DVD.
You would also require Acronis Disk Director again to recreate your data
partition, so the expense of buying it may not seem like such a bad idea..
--
Mike Hall - MVP
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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