Navaros Posted August 15, 2002 Author Share Posted August 15, 2002 I don't know how to partition my HD properly, especially since I already have lots of stuff on it. I have about 30 Gigs full out of 60 Gigs in total. How do I do this safely and professionally without having Norton Ghost or that kind of software?In fact, I know nothing about partitioning but it's a very good idea. Does anyone have a tutorial about how to do it without needing third party software? (unless there is reliable third party software that I can get for free)Also, yesterday I ran a surface test of my HD and most of it went fine but I had a bad cluster, where "info could not be read from or written to". Could someone explain bad clusters to me? What I need to know is:Is a bad cluster caused by physical damage to the HD to which there is no remedy?....or are bad clusters just a software problem that can be fixed, and can bad clusters be permanently repaired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 Hmm I've never done partitioning, so I can't help you with that.But for what I know (it can be incorrect) a cluster is a little part of your HD, a piece of bits actually. And a bad cluster was a cluster what wasn't readable because some bits stood in a position you couldn't see if it was a 0 or a 1. Like if 1 = | and 0 = - And if a bit stands like this: / The computer can't see if it was 0 or 1. So you can let it be repaired. But then the data is lost on that cluster. This is something I'm not sure of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 try partition magic, it works like a charm, thanks jacob, once again you have shown me the light. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Hmm I've never done partitioning, so I can't help you with that.But for what I know (it can be incorrect) a cluster is a little part of your HD, a piece of bits actually. And a bad cluster was a cluster what wasn't readable because some bits stood in a position you couldn't see if it was a 0 or a 1. Like if 1 = | and 0 = - And if a bit stands like this: / The computer can't see if it was 0 or 1. So you can let it be repaired. But then the data is lost on that cluster. This is something I'm not sure of.Well put :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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