partitioning in Vista

[jay lunis]

Just bought a ne Vista Home Premium HP PC.
I would like to partition the drive but HP people 'discourage'
partitioning and will not support it.
Looks to me like it came partitoined. I have a 'D' drive marked as
'Recovery.'
I have partitioned nearly every PC I have ever owned.
I have found a Windows Help site that gives the instructions.
Is it really any more dangerous to partition in Vista than in previous
versions?
I have Partition Magic 9. Will that do what I want?
Is it possible to change the letters assigned to drives/partitions? The
DVD is currently labeled as 'E.' I would like to have my partitions as
C,D, and E.

 

[John Nice]

Just bought a ne Vista Home Premium HP PC.
I would like to partition the drive but HP people 'discourage'
partitioning and will not support it.
Looks to me like it came partitoined. I have a 'D' drive marked as
'Recovery.'
I have partitioned nearly every PC I have ever owned.
I have found a Windows Help site that gives the instructions.
Is it really any more dangerous to partition in Vista than in previous
versions?
I have Partition Magic 9. Will that do what I want?
Is it possible to change the letters assigned to drives/partitions? The
DVD is currently labeled as 'E.' I would like to have my partitions as
C,D, and E.

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[Gerry]

Jay

Many people are dual booting Windows XP and Vista.

My belief is you do not want each boot partition to see the other but
otherwise they can see all other paritions. I originally used Partition
Magic but gave it up for BootIt NG when I could not get the right
assurances from Symantec about Vista 12 months ago.

Are you sure you have Partition Magic 9 as I think they are currently
selling version 8? This is the version I rejected.

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[peter]

I would be carefull with that D..Recovery Partition as it contains all of
the files to restore/recover your system.
you did not receive Vista on a DVD...it resides in that Recovery Partition.
I would not change its drive letter...as the recovery process is build in
to look only on the D drive.

other than that partition to your hearts content.
peter

 

[jay lunis]

Jay

Many people are dual booting Windows XP and Vista.

My belief is you do not want each boot partition to see the other but
otherwise they can see all other paritions. I originally used Partition
Magic but gave it up for BootIt NG when I could not get the right
assurances from Symantec about Vista 12 months ago.

Are you sure you have Partition Magic 9 as I think they are currently
selling version 8? This is the version I rejected.

Only thing I am going by is the file name - 'PMagic9x.exe.' Thought
that meant version 9, but now I think I'll check.

 

[jay lunis]

I would be carefull with that D..Recovery Partition as it contains all
of the files to restore/recover your system.
you did not receive Vista on a DVD...it resides in that Recovery Partition.
I would not change its drive letter...as the recovery process is build
in to look only on the D drive.

other than that partition to your hearts content.
peter

Yeh, that's OK. My DVR is the 'E:' drive and card reader ports are F:
through I:. Personal preference is to put all HDs in the same
alphabetic area, say, C: through G: (counting USB drives) and DVD
readers H: and above.

 

[Jim Robin]

I know I'm getting way off topic here but I used my "recovery" partition for
a reinstallaion of Vista but found that the partiton is only big enough for
the OS and nothing else. Also, by the time you download all Vista's updates
it takes up considerably more than the original install. I use Acronis
software to increase the partiton size - it's far better than PM8. I also
use Acronis True Image to back up both my OS partitions on to an external
USB drive - just in case recovery IS required!

Jim