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BarrieNoodles

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I just installed a new Seagate 1TB HD as my second drive. In the near future I want to set up a multi OS booting, Vista, Windows7 and later Linux.
Vista is on my C: drive and I wonder if I should load Win7 and Linux an the first two partitions of the second drive or create two new partitions on Drive 1 and install them there.
Also
Partition Wizard Home Edition v5.0 shows Disk 2 that the first partition is *: and that it is unallocated, Capacity 7.88GB, Used 0GB, Unused 7.88GB, Status None and Type as Logical. Should these settings be changed?

Thank you
 
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System One

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    Dell Dimension 9200 (Dell DXP061)
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    Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz
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    Dell
    Memory
    4 GB DRR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT220 1024MB
    Sound Card
    On Mother Board- Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software
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    Dell 22 inch Wide Screen Digital Flat Panel & Acer 1916 LCD
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    Dell 1680 x 1024, Acer 12080 x 1024
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA 3Gbs/sec (7200RPM)
    1TB Seagate (7200RPM)
    1 TB Fantom HD Back_Up (7200RPM)
    PSU
    APC Back-UPS ES 750
    Case
    Dell
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    Dell - 2 Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX5500
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    Logitech Laser Bluetooth
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    Linksys Wireless-N PCI
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    Upgraded from 2 to 4 GB Ram
    Added 1T Seagate HD Inside
    Added 1T Green Drive eSATA External BU HD
BarrieNoodles said:
I just installed a new Seagate 1TB HD as my second drive. In the near future I want to set up a multi OS booting, Vista, Windows7 and later Linux.
Vista is on my C: drive and I wonder if I should load Win7 and Linux an the first two partitions of the second drive or create two new partitions on Drive 1 and install them there.
Also
Partition Wizard Home Edition v5.0 shows Disk 2 that the first partition is *: and that it is unallocated, Capacity 7.88GB, Used 0GB, Unused 7.88GB, Status None and Type as Logical. Should these settings be changed?

Thank you
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If you're going to be using Linux then I suggest you make 2 partitions on the second drive and install them seperately, otherwise Linux will take up the whole hard drive for it's tiny OS, it converts it to a format that cannot be used or detected in windows so I would allocate about 10GB for Linux and leave the rest for W7 :)
PS: Any chance you can move this thread to General Discussion Brink or Zero or any other moderators passing by?

Dave
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
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    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
    Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
    WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
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    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
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