"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
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You can create a new partition for your Data as you suggest but it wont help
speed up the Pc.
However its always a good idea to keep your personal data seperate from the
O/S partition.
For a start it will be easier to see all your data when seperated from the
O/S cluttered file system and you can make backups easier as its will all be
in one place with its own drive letter.
I always use a partition manager like Acronis or Paragon although you could
use the Vista Disk management.
Unless you are fully competent then get someone knowledgable (PC Tech) to do
it for you.
I would make a full system backup (image) first using Acronis TI or similar.
Next you need to shrink your Boot partition `C` drive down by the amount
required for your Data but leave plenty of space for vista. Have a look at
the free space avaialable on your `C` drive then work out what will be left
after you add a Data partition. If there`s not enough space then maybe buy a
second hard disk to use for your data.
With the `C` Volume shrunk you have to create an Extended partition within
the free space.
After that just create a logical drive which should be your `D` drive.
Remember this will alter your drive letters on all other drives above and
could cause problems so you may need to re-assign drive letters.
Finally you will need to move all your Data across from `C` drive to `D`.
useing Windows exlporer file manager right click properties/ location and
move facility on each folder.
Good luck...
Graham.......
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