First off I apologize for not figuring out the solution to my setup problems already. I am trying to figure out the most economical and simplest way to utilize both of my hard drives (80GB and 160GB.) I have been posting about hyperos and have had some good suggestions but am not sure I want to shell out another $100 for something I may be able to do for much less. Here's the configuration I currently have.
I am running an 80gb hard drive with no partitions using xp home. I have plenty of memory, a decent graphics card, a very nice audio interface card used for recording live audio (and for playback,) plus a cd-rw and dvd-rw drive. What I really want to do is partition my drives to act independent of one another. I don't care so much about physical space, rather what intersts me is separating one Drive for internet and one for home audio and photography. I have read posts about using partition magic, boot magic, raid, hyperos but none give me a solid understanding of what to do. Is there a program that will let me "copy" my xp home onto the second 160gb drive. Then I can set that up however I want and boot to it separately? Also, can this drive be unharmed by a virus or spyware picked up from the 80gb internet drive?
Right now the 160gb drive needs to be reformatted anyways due to bad sectors and errors in os installations. I can start totally fresh with this drive. I would, however like to keep the 80gb drive I'm using right now the way it is. Any help will be greatly appreciated. James
I am running an 80gb hard drive with no partitions using xp home. I have plenty of memory, a decent graphics card, a very nice audio interface card used for recording live audio (and for playback,) plus a cd-rw and dvd-rw drive. What I really want to do is partition my drives to act independent of one another. I don't care so much about physical space, rather what intersts me is separating one Drive for internet and one for home audio and photography. I have read posts about using partition magic, boot magic, raid, hyperos but none give me a solid understanding of what to do. Is there a program that will let me "copy" my xp home onto the second 160gb drive. Then I can set that up however I want and boot to it separately? Also, can this drive be unharmed by a virus or spyware picked up from the 80gb internet drive?
Right now the 160gb drive needs to be reformatted anyways due to bad sectors and errors in os installations. I can start totally fresh with this drive. I would, however like to keep the 80gb drive I'm using right now the way it is. Any help will be greatly appreciated. James