Thinkpad partioning advice. Please help.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:43 am
Couldn't find an answer to this elsewhere on this site.
In the past I've always blown away my thinkpad hard drive an installed the OS clean. Here is how I like my partitions:
C: 30GB NTFS (my core OS and App Drive)
X: 3.99GB FAT (to hold ghost image with OS, drivers, and Apps, fully configured)
Z: all remaining NTFS (to hold files of all kinds)
As soon as I've installed, configured, and updated my OS and core Apps on C: , I Ghost the C: to X: so if C gets hosed it's a 20 minute restore that doesn't disturb Z. I want to keep Z separate so all those files don't bloat the Ghost image. I back up the Z files separately.
I'd like to integrate this approach with the ThinkPad RnR partition.
Can I repartition the drive after initial setup?
Once the drive is partitioned, will RnR still work with the partitions, or would RnR blow away the partitions?
Can I make an RnR-equivalent bootable DVD to reclaim the 10GB RnR partition from the drive?
Can the DVD be made to work without blowing away my user-defined partitions?
Thanks,
Mike
In the past I've always blown away my thinkpad hard drive an installed the OS clean. Here is how I like my partitions:
C: 30GB NTFS (my core OS and App Drive)
X: 3.99GB FAT (to hold ghost image with OS, drivers, and Apps, fully configured)
Z: all remaining NTFS (to hold files of all kinds)
As soon as I've installed, configured, and updated my OS and core Apps on C: , I Ghost the C: to X: so if C gets hosed it's a 20 minute restore that doesn't disturb Z. I want to keep Z separate so all those files don't bloat the Ghost image. I back up the Z files separately.
I'd like to integrate this approach with the ThinkPad RnR partition.
Can I repartition the drive after initial setup?
Once the drive is partitioned, will RnR still work with the partitions, or would RnR blow away the partitions?
Can I make an RnR-equivalent bootable DVD to reclaim the 10GB RnR partition from the drive?
Can the DVD be made to work without blowing away my user-defined partitions?
Thanks,
Mike