Re: Partitioning a USB drive
- From: RnR <rnrtexas@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:12:57 -0500
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:25:08 -0500, "BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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news:090f80c8-4de6-4625-b369-48c611bfed74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mikie typed on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:32:04 -0700 (PDT):
Hello!
I'm so messed up, I think I have bain dramage!
1: Brand new 160G Western Digital SATA Hdd , 7200 8mg whatever that
is!
2: I Installed it in a SATA to USB Hdd Enclosure. Attached to Dell
2400
3: Formatting: made no sense at all so I guessed! But there were
so many options: Primary, Logical. Extended, etc
4: I set up two partitions, no clue what they were. A major one, 20G
for the opsys and the other about 140G's...I think
The SATA shows up in MY COMPUTER and in Device Manager so I think that
means that it's working. Just for fun, I transferred some recipes
from an Ide Drive in the Dell case, into a folder on the SATA drive.
I presume there's no problem then.
The WIN XP Reinstallation disk would not load WIN XP! Stated that my
PC already has a later issue of WIN XP and I would be trying to load
an older issue. (There is no WIN XP loaded on the SATA Drive,, I have
two other drives in the Dell case...both small 80G and 40G IDE
ALL I WANT is a blank USB SATA HDD formatted for WIN XP HOME with a
partitions or two for special files. Or NO partitions if that's what
the latest thought is on partitions. I need nothing else.
Would it be better to use Disk Director, to format the SATA HDD, to
accept a partition that will hold WIN XP, say 20 G and the remaining
140g for files.
Maybe if I get the definitions of Primary, Logical, etc, I can do it
myself. But isn't there a generic way to just set up the HDD for WIN
XP as I show in paragraph above?
I think this is just a plot by Obama to mess up me and my computer !
I know I won't sleep tonight...the grinding of my brain will keep me
awake, trying to figure this out. I hope it comes easy!
an octillion THANX to the octillion power!
Hi Mikie! Well that Primary and other stuff depends on what you want it
for. Without knowing anything, the first partition is usually okay as a
Primary.
Although I have some bad news for you. As you wanted to install Windows
on a USB hard drive. Windows will reset the USB right in the middle of
booting off of this drive and lock up. Most Linux versions will not run
either, so it isn't just Microsoft.
You can make it work, but it requires a few pages of registry hacks.
Unless you're a pro, I wouldn't advise trying to get Windows running off
of an USB drive.
Data files could careless what kind of partition it is on, even if it is
a removable device (like USB) or not. But most operating systems (like
Windows) and some applications do.
Bill, didn't you say that even if one does this, it is very slow when
booting off a USB drive?
For me, if that's true, kills the idea of even trying it. I wanted to
before reading a post (your post?) that it was going to be slow.
.
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