Having trouble partitioning please help

ny_driver · #1 02-11-2011

I'm using partition logic and I cannot seem to get 4 equal sized partitions. It partitions, but not the size I want after the 1st partition is created.

Trying to get this ironed out before next week when the SSD gets here.

Thanks for reading.

GeorgeStorm · #2 02-11-2011

Why do all 4 have to be the same size?
What's going wrong?
I've never had issues partitioning drives after an initial partition?

DOM · #3 02-11-2011

i do mine in when installing the os

ny_driver · #4 02-11-2011

I guess they don't have to, but would be nice if they were all fairly equal. I get the 1st one set to ~12GB and then when I set the 2nd one to the same amount of clusters it ends up being twice as big as I want. I want 3 for OS's and 1 waza.

I wish I could give better answers, maybe just try while installing windows.

Witchdoctor · #5 02-11-2011

should be able to slice and dice it any way you want in windows set up

diskpart works good for dos and if you already have XP on, use this...

http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Part...-10863346.html

only 32bit is freeware so has to be used with XP for set up then your good to go

any of these should give you the desired result

good luck

Chuchnit · #6 02-11-2011

NY do you have a screenie of what the partitions end up being?

ny_driver · #7 02-11-2011

No I don't, but when I create them with the same amount of clusters each one seems to get progressively larger.

Never tried creating multiple partitions in setup before I guess that would be easy enough.

Thanks guys.

ny_driver · #8 02-11-2011

Hey I got it figured out guys, I just did it in XP setup like you said.

Thanks.

Now it's time to figure out spi before my triple channels get here

Neuromancer · #9 02-11-2011

Use Vista DVD to partition. It creates the correct offset for aligned partitions.
Important on HDDs it is even more important on SSDs

You can also use a non ultimate windows 7 DVD to create partitions too. If you use ultimate (or Pro I think) it will force you to add the 100/200MB partition for EFS, it is unneccesary and a pain to get rid of later so just use Vista.

ny_driver · #10 02-11-2011

I didn't even get Vista yet, although I made a partition for it. I made the 4 x 14GB partitions with xp setup. Good size or too big?

And they are misalligned you say? I figured that would be the case, but it's ok this is just a test.

Should I just get Vista and install that 1st?....ohh and which version of Vista?