HD partition question

**Beirut** · 02-08-2007, 21:47

I have a 75Gig HD and I'd like a 20 gig partition on it for one of my flightsims. Could one of y'all explain to me, in kindergarden English please, how I may go about it.

Thank you.

**TosaInu** · 02-08-2007, 22:24

Is it a new HD Beirut? 75 gig you say, flightsim, so you have a WD Raptor?

Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management There's an Storage icon in the left column, select the Disk Management. Can't help you further as I got the service disabled. It's pretty easy point and click.

**Beirut** · 02-08-2007, 23:22

Originally Posted by TosaInu

Is it a new HD Beirut? 75 gig you say, flightsim, so you have a WD Raptor?

No, it's a POS Chickenhawk. Had it for a few years now.

Originally Posted by TosaInu

Control panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management There's an Storage icon in the left column, select the Disk Management. Can't help you further as I got the service disabled. It's pretty easy point and click.

Point and click. Good stuff. I'll look into it. I want a 20 gig partition to hold only FS 2004 so all the files are nice and cozy together, I want to max my FPS with a tidy install.

Thanks Tosa.

**Xiahou** · 02-08-2007, 23:50

If the HD is already partitioned up and in use, things could get a bit more complicated. If it's a blank drive or has unpartitioned space, it's all good.

**Beirut** · 02-09-2007, 00:15

Originally Posted by Xiahou

If the HD is already partitioned up and in use, things could get a bit more complicated. If it's a blank drive or has unpartitioned space, it's all good.

I haven't done anything with the disk. It's one big fat 75G open space.

I'm into the stuff Tosa recommended, but I'm trying to figure out if I want a logical partition or a dynamic partition or if I want the Ghost of Christmas Past to appear and pound the snot out of me. I don't know.

Any advice will be most graciously accepted.