shrinking or removing volumes

On 9/25/2014 4:24 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 9/25/14 2:06 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:

There are valid reasons for doing this, to which even MS has admitted
too, after a number of years.


Over the years and several new computers I have considered it, but for
many reasons have not acted on the thought.


I understand the advantages of having the OS isolated from the Data
files, but it creates problems for some programs. Having the data in
some place on another disk or folder that the program does not recognize
will sometime confuse the program and cause problems

Is that with older software? I've seen others mention this, but I've
never encountered it.

I away came to the conclusion that it was not worth the trouble



It is something that I have always known and experienced it
occasionally. As I said it was not worth the frustration of trouble
shooting a possible problem. I would rather concentrate of the job I
am trying to do, rather than troubleshoot a computer.

Ken Springer expressed precisely :
On 9/25/14 12:57 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 9/25/2014 1:49 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
Many people think that having such multiple partitions is a technique
for better organization, but I completely disagree. In fact, it often
leads to*poorer* organization. Yes, separating different kinds of
files on partitions is an organizational technique, but so is
separating different kinds of files in folders. The difference is that
partitions are static and fixed in size, while folders are dynamic,
changing size automatically as necessary to meet your changing needs.
That generally makes folders a much better way to organize, in my
view.

One of the advantages of having all of your data files in one folder is
backing up your data.

Because "that's the way I always did it" I have been putting my pictures
in a primary folder on the C: drive. They are neatly organized by date.
I put all of my other data files into the My Documents folder in
appropriate folders.

When it comes to backing up or syncing my data, it is much easier to
back up My Documents and get every thing in one operation, than it is to
have different back up profiles, one for g: one for pictures, on for My
Documents, etc. and have to run each one to get a total back up of the
physical drive.

Hi, Keith,

I'm just curious, have you ever considered creating a partition dedicated to
your data, and then relocating your My Documents, My Pictures, My Bathroom
(----- checking to see if people are reading with comprehension! LOL), etc
to the data partition.

There are valid reasons for doing this, to which even MS has admitted too,
after a number of years.

That's how I build servers, but I stick wit h1 partition for
desktops\laptops. That's the way all 200,000 machines at my work, for
which I am the senior loadset engineer, are configured.

On 9/25/2014 1:50 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:05:28 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:


Repartitioning the external drives should be easy, but if your only
internal drive is split into five partitions, you probably need
third-party software to do this.

You can use Disk Management to do this, I think someone in this thread
has already mentioned the basics of how to do it.


Yes, you *can* do it. I shouldn't have said "need," and should have
said third-party software can make it easier.


I hope anyone that
follows the suggestion copies their info from the partition first. :-)


I strongly agree!

Hey all. I always appreciate the responses I get from all (or most of)
you. It wasn't five minutes after posting that I remembered that I could
do it and have done it several times using disk management. I just got
wrapped up in doing it last night and forgot to follow up my post. I am
in the process of removing content from this computer as I am replacing
it with a new one. I have since cleared all internals (except c: of
course) I am almost to the point of removing what is left on the c:
drive then wipe and reinstall 7 from scratch.
As always when I need a answer to a "tech" question, you guys and gals
are here and I thank you.

Drew

On 9/25/2014 11:28 AM, s|b wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:49:06 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

Many people think that having such multiple partitions is a technique
for better organization, but I completely disagree. In fact, it often
leads to *poorer* organization. Yes, separating different kinds of
files on partitions is an organizational technique, but so is
separating different kinds of files in folders.

I used to divide into partitions as well. Until a poster told me using
folders was (is) a better alternative. Since then I've used folder and I
can not see the purpose of dividing into 5 (five?) partitions. And if
I'm not mistaken you can assign a drive to folders if you want.

It is now after the fact but just for a answer to you. I did this 5
years ago when I had but 2 small drives and had plans for them. Things
change however and this system now has 2 ssd's and 2 160gig hdds. win7
pro is on one of the ssd's and all the rest is storage. new system
coming with way more storage and I will move all to it. Yes I too was
informed about folders but never got around to doing it on that drive.
Thanks for your help.

On 9/25/2014 10:49 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:39:57 -0700, Drew
wrote:

Running win 7 pro. A few yrs ago I took a 160gig hdd and split it into 5
smaller drives so I could better organize different things. music into
one pics into another and so on.



Sorry, but I'm somewhat confused by that paragraph. Above you say you
split your 160GB drive into five partitions. Here you talk about
several external drives. Which is it--one 160GB internal drive or
several external drives?

Repartitioning the external drives should be easy, but if your only
internal drive is split into five partitions, you probably need
third-party software to do this.

Ken. I run a ssd that is my c: drive. The 160 gig HDD's are simply
storage. Computer is being replaced and I am just moving stuff off it. I
keep a lot of externals because I find it easier to move things between
computers that are not networked. Thanks to people like you I learned a
long time ago to use one drive for windows and others for storage.