{"id":2179,"date":"2011-06-12T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T21:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2011-06-12T17:50:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T21:50:26","slug":"2179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/2179\/","title":{"rendered":"This Cloudeight freeware pick makes partitioning your hard drive as easy as pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Partitioning your hard drive  \t\tis good thing to do, especially if you have a very large hard drive (500GB or more).  \t\tPartitioning is really just dividing up your hard drive like a piece of  \t\tpie. Imagine a great big cherry pie&#8230;yum! Now imagine you cut it into  \t\tthree big pieces. One of those pieces contains cherry pits and so you  \t\tdon&#8217;t want to eat that because you&#8217;ve already lost enough teeth. If this  \t\tcherry pie was your hard drive, the piece with the cherry pits would be  \t\tthe partition on which Windows was installed. You don&#8217;t want to mess  \t\twith it.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s say you have a brand  \t\tnew computer with a 500GB hard drive, which is Drive C. That&#8217;s the  \t\tcherry pie. Now let&#8217;s say you wanted to cut that pie in 3 pieces. You  \t\tcould partition your drive into a 200 GB drive (Drive C) on which  \t\tWindows is installed &#8211; the piece with the pits. Giving Windows 200 GB of  \t\tspace is a good thing &#8211; the more space Windows has the more it can do  \t\tits thing. That gives you 300GB of space left. You can create two  \t\tpartitions with 150GB each (Drive D and Drive E). You&#8217;re thinking wait!  \t\tMy DVD\/CD drive is D, what about that? Well your CD\/DVD will become F  \t\tDrive.<\/p>\n<p>OK, now anyway you&#8217;ve carved  \t\tup your hard drive pie into three partitions: Drive C with 200GB and  \t\tWindows installed on it; Drive D with 150GB of space with nothing on it;  \t\tand Drive E with 150GB of space and nothing on it. You can be really OC  \t\tand use Drive D for programs and Drive E for media files (pictures,  \t\tvideos, music) and you&#8217;ll be organized and happy. Or you can be like TC  \t\tand start off with good intentions and end up with programs installed  \t\tall over the place. Either way, it&#8217;s OK as long as Windows is separate  \t\tfrom the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Why is keeping Windows  \t\tseparate from the rest a good idea? Ha! That&#8217;s easy. If Windows goes  \t\tbelly-up and you have to reinstall Windows &#8211; after you&#8217;ve reinstalled  \t\tWindows, guess what? Drive D and Drive E are untouched. All your files  \t\tare still there. You might have to reinstall the programs again becuase  \t\tmany programs require registry entries and reinstalling Windows wipes  \t\tthe registry too. But if you have your registration keys and  \t\tinstallation files, reinstalling the programs to the exact same location  \t\ton Drive D (for example) is a snap. And of course, all those precious  \t\tphotos and other media files are untouched on Drive E. No more fretting  \t\tthat you&#8217;ve lost that picture of yourself when you used to be slim and  \t\tattractive.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we&#8217;re getting way  \t\toff-topic here. Those of you who know what partitioning is don&#8217;t need a  \t\tlecture and those who don&#8217;t probably won&#8217;t care &#8211; but maybe those of you  \t\twho don&#8217;t know anything about partitioning have learned a little about  \t\tcherry pie?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes! It&#8217;s time to bring  \t\tin our featured software author, Mr. Partition Wizard himself to tell  \t\tyou all about his wonderful program. Take it away Mr. Partition Wizard!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partition Wizard Home Edition is a free partition manager  \t\t\tdesigned by MT Solution Ltd. It supports 32\/64 bit Windows Operating  \t\t\tSystem including Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Home users can  \t\t\tperform complicated partition operations by using this powerful but  \t\t\tfree partition manager to manage their hard disk partition such as  \t\t\tResizing partitions, Copying partitions, Create partition, Delete  \t\t\tpartition, Format partition, Convert partition, Explore partition,  \t\t\tHide partition, Change drive letter, Set active partition and  \t\t\tPartition Recovery.<\/li>\n<li>Partition Wizard Home  \t\t\tEdition is designated for home user (sic) only, to use Partition  \t\t\tWizard in a business envirnoment (sic), Partition Wizard Business  \t\t\tEdition is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"> <span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"> <span><em>Main Features<\/em><\/p>\n<p>* Support Windows 2000\/XP\/Vista\/Windows7 (32 bit &amp; 64 bit) operating  \t\tsystem.<br \/>\n* Support RAID.<br \/>\n* Extend system partition to improve computer performance to maximum.<br \/>\n* Manage the hard disk to get the best performance of computer.<br \/>\n* Create , Delete and Format partitions with simple steps.<br \/>\n* Disk Copy to protect or transfer data.<br \/>\n* Support disk and partition size larger than 2 TB.<br \/>\n* Convert partition format from FAT to NTFS.<br \/>\n* Partition Copy: Copy the entire hard disk to another one.<br \/>\n* Copy Disk Wizard: Copy the entire hard disk to another one without  \t\twindows reinstalling.<br \/>\n* Disk Map &#8211; Visually demonstrate your disk\/partition configuration;  \t\tpreview the changes before applying.<br \/>\n* Hide\/unhide partition, set active partition, etc. &#8211; Change partition  \t\tproperties.<br \/>\n* Explore FAT\/NTFS partition&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mr. Partition  \t\tWizard! I&#8217;m sure our readers enjoyed your description and verbiage. Now  \t\tI&#8217;m sure, they&#8217;ll enjoy a screen shot of Partition Wizard which proves,  \t\tbeyond a doubt that we actually installed and tried it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2009\/partitionwiz.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"477\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\nYes, folks, that&#8217;s an actual screen capture of TC&#8217;s desktop computer  \t\twith all those wonderful drives and partitions! Ain&#8217;t he the bomb?&nbsp;  \t\tSee we really do try these programs, folks! OK enough of this. I&#8217;m tired  \t\tof typing and you&#8217;re tired of reading. All you want is the darn program  \t\tright? After all it has passed our rigorous tests and \t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.partitionwizard.com\/free-partition-manager.html\"> we&#8217;ve certified Partition Wizard as one of our freeware picks. Go  \t\tget it<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.partitionwizard.com\/free-partition-manager.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Partition Wizard<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7<br \/>\n32bit and 64bit Windows&nbsp;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>5.5 MB Windows Executable (EXE)<br \/>\nDownload times: 35 minutes on dialup; a few seconds on broadband<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partitioning your hard drive is good thing to do, especially if you have a very large hard drive (500GB or more). Partitioning is really just dividing up your hard drive like a piece of pie. Imagine a great big cherry pie&#8230;yum! Now imagine you cut it into three big pieces. 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