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02-21-2008, 03:15 PM
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Yay .... My first Laptop !!
Hiiiiiiiiz ...
yay .. its my first laptop ...ok .. Im jumping like 5 yrs old kid in the xmas day lol ... ok .. Its my first experince with laptops ... and I have some questions so please help me to complete my happennies : 1. I have 2nd pc windows XP .. and my laptop is windows vista .. I have many files that I like to transfer them to my laptop ... is there a way that I can transfer them .. both pc are connected to a router .. I think need somebody to giud me to make a network .. 2. I have 250 GB storage (actual 225 GB ) v  .. yep .. its nice .. its divided into C = 150 GB and D : 73 GB .. can I divid them to more partions ? how ? 3. I have Norton Internet Security wich I dont dare to install it ! what other recommanded free and compatible Anti- Virus .. (since I never dealed with Vista too !! ) question 2 and 1 are the most important .. please help me !! |
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02-21-2008, 05:26 PM
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You can use disk manager to partition the hard drive.
For anti-virus and anti-spyware I use: Avast antivirus, spyware blaster, spybot search and destroy, avg anti-spyware
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02-21-2008, 06:01 PM
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can u give me more instructions please ? Im not well experinced with Vista ... so Im not sure how to partion it ?
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02-21-2008, 09:50 PM
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Click on start.
Then right click on Computer. Choose manage. Click on where it says disk management. Choose which partition you want to split. Right click it, and choose shrink volume. Be careful when doing this. Make sure you have everything backed up. |
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02-22-2008, 06:19 AM
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ok ... still cant partion the damn C or D .. because if Iwant to I only can shrink limited space ... I like to divide the storage into C: 110 GB , D: 60 GB , E: 60 GB ... any help ?
and please .. I have big folders to transfer them from my desktop pc to the laptop .. desktop is XP while laptop is Vista .. |
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02-22-2008, 09:57 AM
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When you shrink the volume, you creat a new one with the rest of the space.
http://vistarewired.com/2007/02/16/h...windows-vista/ Last edited by shadowpr; 02-22-2008 at 09:59 AM. |
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02-22-2008, 12:05 PM
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ah well ... still cant do it man .. all what I can do is shrinking 2 GB from the C ..
I want to make it C: 110GB + D: 60 GB + E: 60 GB any ideas ? ((thanks for trying shadowpr .. but its not working)) |
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02-22-2008, 02:15 PM
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Vista is not capable enough to do exactly that - you will need a 3rd party partition manager.
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02-23-2008, 04:40 AM
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3rd party programs ? Like what , plz ? are they good and dont cause problems ?
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02-23-2008, 08:10 PM
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You would want to get PartitionMagic. GParted is an open-source (and thus free) partition manager, but I've hear a number of bad experiences with it, so I'd recommend PartitionMagic.
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03-08-2008, 04:32 PM
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I've used GParted quite a few times with no problems. Of course, backup any important data first, but it sounds like you're just trying to partition a new computer, so presumably there isn't anything unique on the drive yet, right?
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