XP -How to Move it to it's own partition <

[Bubey]

I read a posting suggesting that you put your OS on a separate partition so
when one has trouble and needs to recover
or re-stall it you don't mess up the rest of the files. Can someone please
direct me to a site that would give me the
instructions on how to do this please. Can I just somehow just move it over
or do I have to start from scratch ?
Thanks in advance for the help !

 

[Malke]

I read a posting suggesting that you put your OS on a separate partition
so when one has trouble and needs to recover
or re-stall it you don't mess up the rest of the files. Can someone
please direct me to a site that would give me the
instructions on how to do this please. Can I just somehow just move it
over or do I have to start from scratch ?
Thanks in advance for the help !

1. Just buy a second hard drive and copy your data files to it. Then delete
the data files from the first hard drive.

2. Or use a third-party partitioner (Acronis Disk Director, Gparted, etc.)
and create a second partition on your single hard drive. Then copy the data
files to the second partition, etc.

3. Or buy an external hard drive and image your system with something like
Acronis True Image (which can do incremental imaging also) and keep the
image on the external hard drive. You'll be able to get back to a working
system in a few minutes.

4. Or start over completely (obviously the least desirable choice). Back up
your data to external media and clean-install Windows, creating the desired
partition scheme during installation. You still will need to create and
implement a backup strategy, so #3 looks best to me.

Malke

 

[Bubey]

Thanks John, that's what I'm try to do on the laptop.
I have a External HD that I use for stuff I definitely don't want to use
or keep private. Is there a site that would give me the instructions on
how I can do this and then direct whatever I do, to go to the other drive
automatically. i.e., e-mails etc.
P.S. sorry for the personal send, I hit the wrong button.