Thanks for your help and time Ken.
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| Ayush wrote:
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| > Again thanks for the reply. What about these questions:
| > Q >If i clone the windows partition to another one, can i have a dual
| > boot. Q >if something goes wrong in windows partition, then i put the
| > cloned partition over it, Will it work ?
| > Q >can i use the cloned partition as a standard WIndows installation?
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| Two installations of Windows require two licenses, even if both are on a
| single drive. Doing as you suggest would be in violation of the EULA
| (assuming that you have a single license).
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| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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|
| >> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
| > | >> Ayush wrote:
| >>
| >>> Thanks for the reply.
| >>
| >>
| >> You're welcome. Glad to help.
| >>
| >>
| >>> When i got the pc, it's already partioned in 3 and windows was
| >>> installed by that person. Now i can't live without 3. C: is my
| >>> windows partition, D: is my data and songs, e: is the largest one, i
| >>> keep all my big data [ DVD images, big installed games ] and it is
| >>
| >>
| >> Why do you see an advantage in separating "big" data from other
| >> data? I don't see it at all.
| >>
| >>
| >>> the default location for the temp of any application. I want to
| >>> create the fourth one to backup my windows partition.
| >>
| >>
| >> Ugh! That's better than no backup at all, but just barely. I don't
| >> recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive because it
| >> leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original and
| >> backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power glitches,
| >> nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer.
| >> Backup to a partition on your on;y physical drive is even worse.
| >>
| >> In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not
| >> kept in the computer. For really secure backup (needed, for example,
| >> if the life of your business depends on your data) you should have
| >> multiple generations of backup, and at least one of those
| >> generations should be stored off-site.
| >>
| >> My computer isn't used for business, but my personal backup scheme
| >> uses two identical removable hard drives,I alternate between the
| >> two, and use Acronis True Image to make a complete copy of the
| >> primary drive.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| >> Please reply to the newsgroup
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>> Questions :
| >>> If i clone the windows partition to another one, can i have a dual
| >>> boot. AND if something goes wrong in windows partition, then i put
| >>> the cloned partition over it, Will it work AND can i use the cloned
| >>> partition as a standard WIndows installation?
| >>>
| >>>> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
| >>> | >>>> Ayush wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>> Well ken, can you tell me if i move from 3 partitions to 4, will
| >>>>> it decrease performance.
| >>>>> I am not the original poster.
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>> The number of partitions you have has nothing to do with
| >>>> performance. How you use the partitions you have (what you put on
| >>>> each of them) *might* affect performance, but in general, you
| >>>> choose a partition scheme for organization and convenience, not
| >>>> performance.
| >>>>
| >>>> How do you use your present three partitions? Why would you
| >>>> consider four? How would you use that fourth partition?
| >>>>
| >>>> My view is that most people's partitioning scheme should be based
| >>>> on their backup scheme. If, for example, you backup by creating a
| >>>> clone or image on the entire drive, then a single partition might
| >>>> be best. If, on the other hand, you backup only your data, then
| >>>> the backup process is facilitated by having all data in a separate
| >>>> partition. Except for those running multiple operating systems,
| >>>> only seldom does it make sense to have more than two partitions
| >>>>
| >>>> --
| >>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| >>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>>> Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
| >>>>> message | >>>>>> Wilson wrote:
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>> I have a 40GB hard drive divided in C: (20GB) and D: (20GB). C:
| >>>>>>> contains Windows XP OS. Now I want to remove the D partition
| >>>>>>> and make the whole drive as C: with 40 GB. Can I do that
| >>>>>>> without formatting and re-install the whole Windows XP? Thank
| >>>>>>> you,
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of changing
| >>>>>> the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively.
| >>>>>> The only way to do what you want is with third-party software.
| >>>>>> Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are
| >>>>>> freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next
| >>>>>> Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial,
| >>>>>> so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I
| >>>>>> haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any*
| >>>>>> such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other
| >>>>>> MVPs here.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup
| >>>>>> before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a
| >>>>>> problem, things *can* go wrong.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> --
| >>>>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| >>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup
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