Community weekly poll: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive?
- 5/4/06 10:43 AM
what is the product key 2 complete activation antivirus2005?
by wlm1 - 5/5/06 2:49 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
my operating system :windows xp
i have a virus on my computer and i want 2 activate the antivirus2005 on my computer but i can't.as i don't know the product key.whaT is the position of this product key?(where i put it?).i want awritten message with no links 2 sites or somethng like that.
Product key for antivirus
by scorpious - 5/5/06 4:28 AM In reply to: what is the product key 2 complete activation antivirus2005? by wlm1The product key is a series of number and letters >
VT45-TH11-YT45 etc and should be on the envelope the disk came in and you can't miss it as it's on a huge yellow sticker attached to said envelope , you will be given the option to scan for viruses before installation or you can download a free antivirus ware called "AVG free" and for a two way software firewall there is "zone alarm free" and when i say free i mean no cost , personally i'd do a reformat and then activate the windows firewall before connecting to the net and download the necessary updates and the security software before surfing any other sites
3 Patitions on the 1std HDD.
by JosePablo58 - 5/5/06 2:53 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
In my system I have several hards drives, but the first one has 3 partitions.
The why is easy.
On the first partition I have installed XP Pro only and on the 2nd partition I have all the other ''programs'', than on the 3rd an 1 to 1 image of XP that will be completely replaced after 2 weeks working with the latest updates of XP.
On other HD's I have ''data'', ''pictures'', ''Video'' and one only for downloads.
This way it is easy to ''format'' if some unwanted naughty manages to slip past my Firewall and other anti malware protections.Cheers,J.P.
Yes, Even on a MAC, we have 'partitons' !
by lidemarv - 5/5/06 3:05 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have an older I-Mac Indigo, G3, system and have 3 operatang systems installed. The reason being if I encounter any problems with new software, undiscovered bugs and even internet viruses ( Of which the mac is almost immune), I can always press and hold down one of many keys, 'C', 'Space Bar' or 'Shift' and the Mac will start off of a another partition!
I have just purchased a laptop I- Book G4, and the same holds true. I have the old trusty OS 9.2.2 on a small partition in case of emergencies, but am running OS X 10.4.3 almost all the time.
Seven - Here is why
by sentellg - 5/5/06 3:09 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
One of my two home machines is a test box.
Partition 1 - DOS 16 for dual boot 47MB
Partition 2 - NTFS c: Windows system 39,951 MB
Partition 3 - Linux Ext3 system 20,011 MB
Partition 4 - Linux Ext3 swap 2,055 MB
Partition 5 - NTFS f: data drive 40,006 MB
Partition 6 - NTFS G: graphics 86,702 MB
Partition 7 - NTFS H: scratch for Photoshop 2,008 MB
Partitions 1,3 and 4 are because of the dual boot nature of the box.
Partition 7 is to isolate a swap for Photoshop.
My main partitions 2, 5 and 6 are for ease of backups.
Yes, I swear by Partition Magic.
How many partitions
by danstyme - 5/5/06 3:09 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I use 2 partitions.
Reason: separate data files from operating system files
My 2 cents
by krwheeler - 5/5/06 3:56 AM In reply to: How many partitions by danstymeYou didn't leave your email when you replied to my post so I'll just reply to yours. My friend had a corporate version of Windows XP (valid for up for 50 licenses or something) so I didn't encounter the problem until recently. Sadly though, I don't believe there is a good answer to that. I've contacted Microsoft customer support, receiving the answer "every time you reinstall your windows, it uses up a license". Obviously, this is not much help. So, I've found that I have had to forgo my legal ways and turn to the underground for support. There are many websites where you can aquire serial keys (e.g., www.serials.ws), which are of course illegal. But I don't exactly have a guilty conciense about it either. If Microsoft doesn't have enough common sense to include us regular formatters into their plan, then let them lose millions.
work around
by MichaelF - 5/5/06 7:34 PM In reply to: My 2 cents by krwheelerI like to have a clean computer but invariably over time you install programs that you don't continue using and fill it up with other unnessesary stuff so I regulary like to restore to my optimum defaults. I get around the starting from scratch and needing to beg Microsoft for a license by including a backup partition on all my computers. In this partition I ghost my c drive after it has been setup with all my crucial programs, activated and optimised. Then whenever I want a clean computer I boot up from the ghost floppy and restore my optimal system. 15 minutes and I am back to where I started, ready to roll.
Michael
You sir, are an idiot
by - 5/6/06 8:16 AM In reply to: My 2 cents by krwheelerFollow the instructions when Windows tells you that your key can't be used anymore (blah blah). Call Microsoft tech support. After playing with their stupid automated system for about 2 minutes you can get in touch with someone human. They'll ask a few simple questions just to be comfortable that you're a legit user and then they'll give you a new key.
Depends...
by Amos16 - 5/9/06 8:05 AM In reply to: You sir, are an idiot byDepends on when and where: mood of the person answering, and location: in the Western US it may work, in the Eastern not always, in Switzerland never and in England sometimes. Take your pick.
Partitioned hard drives
by fishnet555 - 5/5/06 3:24 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
It is all a matter if organization, the operating system normally installs to the primary hard drive parttition. Since it continues to grow in size, due to the addition of more and more applications (programs) it needs space in which to grow. I allocate approximately 40-60GB of space for this and to date have never really needed more than 30GB of this allocated space to meet the needs of my system. Unlike most people I do not store music, photos and other 'personal' files on my primary drive. Instead I allocate space for such storage on the other partitions. Why? If the system crashes and needs to be restored non of my personal data would be lost, should it become necessary to reformat the primary partition and start over.
I use Partition Magic to do this since it allows partitions to be reformatted or resized at will while the data is kept safe and sound during the process. MS DOS never had this capability, 'fdisk' could create partitions o.k., however once created you were stuck with your original sizes until you reformatted the entire drive. In the new scheme of things, partitions can be resized, moved around and reformatted individually at will, with little or no disturbance to the rest of the drive. So preferentially I limit my partition sizes to around 40-80GB. This makes the defragmentation of the individual partitions much faster, since data in storage does not really get very fragmented just sitting there. On the other hand the operating system is constantly changing, and requires more frequent defragging, and purging of temp files, and obselete or redundant registry entries no longer in use. Many excellent maintenance programs are available for these daily-weekly chores to keep the core of the computer system cleaned out and humming. I confine all these activities to my primary boot drive.
I always think of extra partitions as pigeon holes in a rolltop desk. They are there to allow me to keep my machine organized, each one carries a label spelling out its particular function in the overall scheme of things. I have been partitioning drives for at least the last 15 years, and found it to be the best way of organizing my own computer to take care of my filing system. The number of partitions is really a matter of personal choice, but with hard drives getting bigger and bigger, partitioning is almost mandatory. As an example I would partition a 320GB drive into at least 4 X 80GB sections. One primary partition for the operating system, and 3 logical partitions for other uses, even different operating systems.
3 HDDs, 4 Partitions
by Helzundi - 5/5/06 3:49 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have 1 partition on my 1st primary HDD.
It is a 40GB SATA with Win98SE.
I have 1 partition on my 2nd primary HDD.
It is a 40GB SATA with Mandrake Linux 10.0
I have 2 partition on my secondary HDD.
It is a 80GB SATA with programs on 1st partition and user files on 2nd partition.
How can you have 2 primary HDDs? I hear you say...
I have a small switch on the front of the PC case which controls a relay which routes power to either the Win HDD or the Mandrake HDD.
This allows me to start either Win or Linux as I wish.
I also hear you guffawing at my use of Win98SE.
It is the highest version of Win that can be run as an emulator under Linux (that I am aware of).
As I am anal about conformity I would like to have my Physical Win and my Virtual Win the same.
Roll on a WinXP Media Centre emulator for Linux!!!
three partitions
by CellSaver - 5/5/06 4:26 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have three partitions on my hard drive because I run several os's on my system. Most times because someone else needs help with something and i can drop down to that os and help them to fix theirs without usually having to reformat and install the os again.
dennisree
three
by Troutwizzard - 5/5/06 4:48 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
1 - Win XP
2 - Shared (Jukebox)
3 - Linux
Would like to phase out #1...
4 Partitions
by trossen - 5/5/06 4:56 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
1 for the os and cache, 1 for programs, 1 for data, 1 for backups.
Also acess times are shorter and back ups are easier.
If my XP needs a redo, I'll only reformat that partiton.
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