Partion a Raptor Drive?

[khicon]

I"m planning to split my 74gig raptor into 2. 1 for OS itself and others are for datas and school assignment. Would it be a good choice to partion it? Do I lose/gain any perforamce on it? This is my first time having a raptor drive, so I don't know much about it. By the way I use Partitionmagic to do the job. Any input/comment is welcome. Thank you.

 

[P0ldy]

I wouldn't use PM, it's such a liability. Partition from fdisk or qtparted (linux) or when you install XP.

 

[n7]

I've got mine split into two partitions. One for XP, one for Vista.

Works well for me.

 

[khicon]

so Partionmagic is a no go? any other input?

 

[hans007]

partition magic has always worked well for me. if you already have stuff installed, it seems like your best bet.

 

[SUOrangeman]

OK, so I always have to go a little over the top. RIGHT NOW, I have the following *INSTALLED* on my 74GB Raptor:

Solaris 10
(Botched FreeBSD 6.0 beta)
DOS, after WinME refused to install)
Win2K Server
MCE 2005
XP 64-bit
Server 2K3 64-bit
Vista 64-bit
Gentoo (stage 1 only at the moment)

I gave each OS (except DOS) its own space of 3 to 6GB. Vista is the hog in that it wanted 12GB or more just to install. I only expect to heavily use one OS (XP 64), so that is the only one that will get all of the apps. Others will probably get no more than Firefox, 7-Zip, and an occassional test app.

In other words, if you dream it, you can do it.

-SUO, hasn't gotten much sleep lately

 

[imported_Phil]

PartitionMagic will be fine; everything you do with your computer is a risk, and PartitionMagic is no exception. I've never lost any data or seen it lose any data in years.

 

[doanster]

I love Partition Magic... works like a charm.
Tip: when using it, sometimes the progress will seem to free at a certain percentage for like 2 hours... just give it another hour and it will be fine

 

[rchiu]

I partion my Raptor drive too. 25GB/49GB for OS/Programs. I did it during Windows install, so I don't use Partition Magic. One benefit I get is I can run defrag more often on either partition with much less time, especially the OS partition. So I defrag it at least twice a week, and I find that helps a lot.