Re: Recommended size of OS partition?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:14:18 GMT, DCA <dca860MAPS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

dave wrote:
On 28 Mar 2008 11:53:22 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
<jgaines_newsid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Again there may be better partitioning s/w than FDISK, perhaps somebody
could recommend a free one - if you have a proper XP install disk then you
can boot form that, delete the existing partition, tell it to create a new
one then F3 to abort the installation once it has.

If you do have a proper XP CD it may just be easier to re-install while
you have no apps/data on the new PC. You can avoid putting all the crud on
that PC suppliers seem to think is essential


I use acronis products for "this kind of thing". Not perfect but so
far has proved reliable and very fast - however it does cost.

http://eu.acronis.com/

I use their True vector and Disc Director and image to a removable
HDrive. You can (and should) make a bootable CD of these items. Easy
to do from the menus.

A lite edition of Acronis is available as a free download from
Seagate/Maxtor website which is enough for the majority of cloning
operations .
It is called Maxblaster, and only works if there is a Seagate/Maxtor
drive plugged in somewhere (although it does not have to be
source/destination drive)


Free acronis trueimage 8 at

http://www.acronis.co.uk/mag/cbuy/ati8pe/


Norm

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