Split drive in 2 partitions

[Andreas Y.]

My question involves some knowledge from hardware vendors like HP, IBM, etc.
Laptops today come with the OS preinstalled and a recovery partition is
usually included (like HP). in the event of failure, you recover the drive
from this recovery partition. Now I would like to split my C: into 2
partitions so that I can also have D:. Has anyone had any experience with
that? What will happen when I try to recover the disk? (lose D: or maybe
fail to recover because the original drive was latered? or maybe those tools
are so sophisticated that will allow the drive to be recovered on C: only?)

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Andreas,

You can split the drive into two or more volumes without damaging the
recovery partition using third party tools like BootIT NG. Depending on how
the machine's recovery program works, it may or may not involve loss of
existing data on the newly created partition. You'd have to check each
manufacturer's documentation to know for sure. Some will wipe the drive and
start clean, others will simply lay an image down on an existing volume.

Personally, I recommend that you obtain recovery media on DVD from the
vendor, or as is the case with HP, make your own recovery disks and not rely
on the recovery volume. If the hard drive goes bad, separate media will be
necessary for a new installation.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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