what is the best software to slit HDD?
February 19th, 2008 | by FS |rolo inquired:
Hello, I got just 300GB HDD and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is the best software to split (100GB 100 gb 100 gb). IS-IS hard to split the hard drive specialists are generally not very good with computers. Thank you
Hello, I got just 300GB HDD and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is the best software to split (100GB 100 gb 100 gb). IS-IS hard to split the hard drive specialists are generally not very good with computers. Thank you
2 Responses to “what is the best software to slit HDD?”
By Linux OS on Feb 22, 2008 | Reply
Depends on your OS and hardware.
As you haven’t said, one way is to download and burn off a copy of the System Rescue CD. Boot off it, and it will give you a partition manager.
This will only work on x86 architecture.
If you’ve got something like Microsoft Windows XP, then you can use Disk Manager. Right click on “My Computer”, and select Manage.
If you’re using Mac OS X, then use “Disk Utility”.
Generally speaking, the only reason to create partitions is if you want to use a different filesystem on each one.
By Angie on Feb 24, 2008 | Reply
I recentely did this, so I can tell you it’s a little bit tricky but doable. I had a 60 GB Laptop that I partioned into 50 GB and 10GB. The 50 was for my existing Windows XP Media Edition and on the 10 GB I put a freebie Linux OS called Freespire (which is pretty cool actually).
The first thing you need to do is run defrag on your computer at least a few times. You want to try and get as much free “continuous” space as possible.
Next find a partition program. Here is a good Linux Live CD to partition hard drives (don’t worry, this is what I used and it works with Windows…and it’s free):
Once you burn it just restart your computer and boot off the CD. You will be able to partition your hard drive then.