volume management

Hi I'm thinking of installing Windows 8 on my second hard drive. I'm downloading it right now. I would like to create a new partition for it so that it isn't on the same volume with my data files. I've done this often using 3rd party software but never using Windows 7 disk manager. I have...

Fixes a Stop error issue that occurs when you create snapshots for a volume on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. More...

I performed a successful clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I installed the OS to a 100gb volume with the intention of using that only for the OS. I, without thinking, allowed the setup to name that drive C. Further, without noticing I allowed the Programs folder and the...

Ok, So I put together a new HTPC and purchased 4 2TB drives which gave me a total of 6 TB after setting them up as RAID 5. I created two volumes from that RAID, one is 2 TB and the other is 4TB. Windows 7 is currently installed on the 2TB volume, though it only occupies about 17Gb. I...

If you have visited my web page or read my blogs and messages, you'll probably know that I stongly discourage using partitions on a hard drive... mainly because if the partition table gets corrupt you lose EVERYTHING. However, check out this: Why it may be a GOOD idea to partition a drive...

this is the scenario: i have windows7 installed on a single partition 500 gb hd. i want to install ubuntu as dual boot. (i have done this before but not with win7.) can i go into disk management and reduce the win 7 volume by say 50 gb. format it fat32 and install ubuntu. and still have...

Hey all, I am just wondering how I can make a logical drive in Windows 7 as it seems to be a little different than XP. So far I have created one partition while installing Win 7 ( C:\, Master) and left the rest of the HDD unallocated during the installation. Now, when I go to the Disk...

I put Readyboost on my memory stick, didnt notice the slightest bit of difference, now i want to take it off, BUT When i went to Computer-Right Click-Properties There wasnt a readyboost option, when i look at the volume, it says 0Bytes free 0bytes available HELP PLEASE

HI, Newbie to the forum here. I could not get my Mesh PC to boot up from CD ( Yes I Did alter my BIOS) to install Windows 7 RC. I had already created a New Simple Volume ready for my new Dual Boot System. I am running Vista Home Premium. After several restarts without success, I thoufght I would...

I get this message everytime I back up: The backup was not successful. The error is: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up. Please check in the event logs for any relevant errors. (0x81000037). It's the first time I'm doing a...

As the title suggests, I want to dual boot Win7 and WinXP. I have Windows 7 installed already. So can somebody explain to me? Umm OK, i think i know what to do, but am i correct just to be safe? Shrink volume C: and give the partition 20GB Turn off comp making sure installation disk is in ^^...

Hi there, I'm using Build 7000 of the Windows 7 beta... I had Vista as my main operating system... my HDD was already split into 2 partitions (plus I had a separate physical drive, for 3 drives total)... I installed Windows 7 on the other partition of my main drive (dual boot). Everything...

Volume Mixer in Windows 7 is very very annoying. I have been trying to disable it due to the issues it causes when playing games and running Ventrilo at the same time, or multiple programs at the same time. I have set the Volume Mixer to give both the game and Ventrilo or the accompanying...