Partitioning existing HD

mendorosie · 07-25-2008, 01:47 PM

I have a Maxtor One Touch 500G external drive. When I installed it, I just set up backup times. But I'd like to have partitions for photos and documents because I realized if I deleted photos on my computer, they were deleted on the HD when it did the backup. I'm not worried about losing anything that's on the HD right now, since I recovered the deleted photos, but I don't want it to happen again. How do I make different partitions on the Maxtor?
Thanks for the help.

dai · 07-25-2008, 01:50 PM

format it in disk management and set up your partitions

mendorosie · 07-25-2008, 02:04 PM

I see how to format it from Computer Management, but not how to set up partitions. How do I do that?
Thanks,
Rosie

dai · 07-25-2008, 02:22 PM

from memory you right click on the space and choose simple volume and set the size of the partition

**Deleted090308** · 07-26-2008, 08:09 AM

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP

07-25-2008, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
mendorosie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp home	Partitioning existing HD I have a Maxtor One Touch 500G external drive. When I installed it, I just set up backup times. But I'd like to have partitions for photos and documents because I realized if I deleted photos on my computer, they were deleted on the HD when it did the backup. I'm not worried about losing anything that's on the HD right now, since I recovered the deleted photos, but I don't want it to happen again. How do I make different partitions on the Maxtor? Thanks for the help.

07-25-2008, 01:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,849 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Partitioning existing HD format it in disk management and set up your partitions __________________

07-25-2008, 02:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
mendorosie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp home	Re: Partitioning existing HD I see how to format it from Computer Management, but not how to set up partitions. How do I do that? Thanks, Rosie

07-25-2008, 02:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,849 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: Partitioning existing HD from memory you right click on the space and choose simple volume and set the size of the partition __________________

07-26-2008, 08:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,281 OS: Xp	Re: Partitioning existing HD How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP