Re: Hard Drive Utilization

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From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Sep 27 1998 - 16:49:32 EDT

I suggest ONE HUGE partition for those who will be using a 2nd HDD in
their machine..
helps keep the drive letters from becoming scrambled...

not sure if data on "D:" and Apps on "C:" is a good idea..
IMO best keep it all close by (physically) so there is less seeking
going on..

William Armstrong wrote:
>
> Buy a copy of Partition Magic, make both drives Win32 if you can, and set
> up your second drive as your data drive. Use your first drive for your
> applications. This is my suggestion, I'm sure others have different
> suggestions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JES770_at_aol.com [mailto:JES770_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 1998 7:36 AM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Hard Drive Utilization
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just purchased a 770 and it came with a 3GG hard drive with
> 2 partitions (C=2GB & D=1GB).
>
> I've never had this luxury before and am looking for some
> suggestions on using the extra D Drive.
>
> TIA... John 

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