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Post by rhyls on Nov 13, 2014 22:57:22 GMT
Sniffles I can't really understand that EAseUS Partition. It appears to be wanting to create partitions on the drives.
It has one entryline which says: 'Migrate OS to SSD/HDD' But does it also leave the OS drive completely empty? Doesn't the SSD drive need to be empty first? Your the expert here between the two of us, re this little affair. All else is about partitions.
So, is that the part you meant?
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Post by Dova on Nov 13, 2014 23:11:47 GMT
This is certainly worthy information to be shared in the public. However, I'd like to point out that if there's a discussion you like to have with a particular member and that member only, perhaps consider using private messages.
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Post by Sniffles on Nov 14, 2014 2:36:09 GMT
Dova is right so let's keep this in the realm of 'How To'. Let us stop and avoid additional disasters.
First, I assume you have two hard drives. How large is each drive? How much free space on each drive? Does either drive have logical partitions? Example. This comp. 2 hard drives. Drive A has one PRIMARY partition and 3 logical ones: drives C, 46gb. 32gb used, 13 unused, D, 8 gb, 7gb used, 1gb unused, E, 350gb, 100 used, 250 unused and F, 80gb, 33gb used, 35gb unused respectively. The second hard drive, B, is just one drive with no partitions. 300gb, 50gb used.
Now, on which of your drives is the OS and which drive do you want the OS on?
Once you give me that I'll feed it to my techy or one of his geeks (nice to have 24/7 techy service) and they will work out the most convenient and functional way to get you going. And PS, as my techy says to me every time, "IF YOU HAVEN"T BACKED EVERYTHING UP, GO WALK SOUTH UNTIL YOUR HAT FLOATS AND QUIT BOTHERING ME!"
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Post by rhyls on Nov 14, 2014 8:38:27 GMT
This is certainly worthy information to be shared in the public. However, I'd like to point out that if there's a discussion you like to have with a particular member and that member only, perhaps consider using private messages. Dova, No, this is part of an ongoing thread here. I addressed it to Sniffles to bring her attention to it quickly. She was the one who answered with a particular remedy.
I would use 'messges' if it was about something between myself and a particular person.
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Post by rhyls on Nov 14, 2014 8:50:41 GMT
I have two hard drives. My C/; drive is 238.3 GB/37.3 free, no partitions. My other drive E:/ is 2TB of which 1.81 TB is free also no partitions .As Skyrim grows ever larger, I want to use the E drive as my Primary one ie changed to the C drive so I can use it as the primary one for my gaming. Then my C drive would be for my music, my digital art stuff, chess and puzzles etc. I would also use skype on it.
For my business? ie Deaf stuff, letters etc I use my laptop.
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Post by jet4571 on Nov 14, 2014 9:51:29 GMT
A part of an ongoing thread should remain inside that thread, creating a new one only makes things more confusing for the whole forum. Also the forum itself is broken into different sections for a reason. Posting hardware issues in the Skyrim forum is posting them in the wrong place since only Skyrim related should be here. As of now off topic(or also called " Tavern" would be the most correct place. Maybe a forum admin can create a hardware, software and technical issues forum for issues such as these. They apply across all games.
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Post by Sniffles on Nov 14, 2014 10:14:32 GMT
Hi Sam - this is Dale. Before we get involved can you find out if the E: drive can be emptied? It would be much simpler and easier if we started fresh.
Providing the E: can be blanked. Run Easeus Partition master and create three partitions: Primary 400gb, first logical 200gb and second logical the rest of the drive ~1.4 TB. Next, run TODO backup of the C: into the 1.4TB. Have it check the image. Next, have TODO clone the C: to the primary of the E: and tell it to be bootable. Have it check the image. Next, reboot the comp, drop into BIOS and tell it to boot from the E:. It should boot up identical to the C: with all programs working. At this point you can wipe the c: and use it as the spare HD. Next, since the BIOS is swapping drive letters around use Partition master to label the drives so it is instantly recognizable which drive is which.
Suggestions. With the old c:, after e: has taken over c: duties, run TODO and have it wipe c: clean - tools - wipe data. Then low level reformat the drive - do not use fast format. Finally, run Partition master and have it Check Partition c: having it check properties, run chkdsk and do a surface test. This will give a clean media rejuvenating the drive.
The spare 200GB logical drive has a special purpose. I suggest it be labeled TEMP or FOO. Nothing goes on this drive that needs to be permanent. Use it to store temporary files, transferring data, game saves and so forth. Its other purpose is it can be stolen. Should the c: drive become too bloated Partition master can assign its space to the c: for extra room. If c: is under control its space can be handed to the 1.4 TB drive. The reason for it being in the middle is the drives must be contiguous.
Never let the c: drive become more than 85% full. Ever. That c: with 238GB/37GB is a crash waiting to happen that will take professional software and programmer to recover from. I charge $1200 to $1800 for a recovery. 238GB is really too much for the boot drive. Try to clean out the programs and files that do not need to be on that drive. A lot of programs can be installed and run on secondary drives and partitions. Images, AV files and similar static stuff should always be kept on another storage drive.
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Post by Sniffles on Nov 14, 2014 10:38:40 GMT
(And some extra goo) Ideal non RAID HD set up. c: 80GB Solid state drive with OS and critical support data d: 10GB solid state drive. Can be a logical of the c: This is the virtual memory with all space assigned as such. e: Utility Drive. Can be a normal hard drive. It has a folder named Program Files where all programs that do not need to be on drive c: are installed. f: g: h: etc. Removable media and card readers Last drive, a logical partition of e: designated for storage of static files. Back ups go here too. Obviously, when you need to back up the entire computer you only need to back up the last drive which contains all the other back ups.
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