Partition magic: split?

[Xion]

I just created a new partition named D: drive 40 gb and I have a primary drive C: drive 80 gb


Is that all I need. My friend said I have to use the split function?

Must I? Thanks

[Force Flow]

What do you have right now (number of HDDs and size of each HDD) and what are you trying to do?

[Xion]

Originally posted by force_flow2002 What do you have right now (number of HDDs and size of each HDD) and what are you trying to do?

Opps, i guess my question wasn't clear.

My current drive is C:, and I created a new partition, it was named D:

C: is primary and D: is logical.

Is that all I need to do? D: is ready to be used and function properly?

[Force Flow]

Has it been formatted?

[Xion]

My D:? there's nothing on it.

And my C: i didn't format.

[glc]

No, don't format C, have you formatted D? If so, it's ready to put whatever you want on it.

[Xion]

Originally posted by glc No, don't format C, have you formatted D? If so, it's ready to put whatever you want on it.

Even with nothing on it, I still format it?

[morriswindgate]

When you format a drive Windows installs a small set of files that allows it to see the drive and utilize the space. So yes format the D partition.

[Xion]

Originally posted by morriswindgate When you format a drive Windows installs a small set of files that allows it to see the drive and utilize the space. So yes format the D partition.

Strange, i can use it and see it without having to format. I restarted the PC, partition magic most likely did the work.

Thanks.

Now, what exactly does the "split" function do?

[glc]

That's for breaking one existing partition into two. I've never used it, I usually just shrink partitions to create empty space, then create new partitions in the empty space.

Note - Partition Magic supports batch processing - where you can make several changes before rebooting to apply the changes - but I *always* make one change at a time. It takes longer, but the way I see it, it's a LOT safer if something goes wrong - which does happen more often than they would like to tell you.