[aklug] Re: Windows installer and partitioning

--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us> wrote:

> While we are on the subject... how the heck do you get to
> the Vista disk
> partitioning tool, anyway? I've been on Linux for so
> long, Vista seems
> like a convoluted maze of menus and categories.

Vista's definitely unlike any previous version of Windows, but that's another discussion. The partition tool is part of the Device Manager. Here's how I get to it in Home Premium:
1. Start Menu
2. right-click Computer, select Manage (should see an admin prompt)
3. select Storage -> Disk Management

You can also do Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> (under Administrative Tools heading) Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions.

It does an okay job of what it claims to do, but I have a bit of a gripe with how the tool graphically represents my HDD. My 20GB Mandriva system partition is the same width as my 500GB shared media partition.

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Aaron A.
akbeancounter@yahoo.com
      
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