topartition or not ........

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Freddy the Fish
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Joined: Apr 15 1999

I have had a bit if a nightmare with my Marvel, due to IRQ problems, and laterly driver problems, and after curing these, I have now a problem with MPEG playback, I can only use Xing to play .Mpg files, and even after re-istallation, Zoran, Matrox Pc VCR and Media player, all crash. The computer seems to work O.K. apart from Desk Top Themes, which when I try to use "Perform Illegal Operations"for some reason.

My solution is to Format the Hard Drive and Re-install, but before I do so (several hours of my life wasted yet again!!) I thought I would post this and ask one more question:

What will I benefit by "Partitioning" my 10gb Hard Drive? Should I do so at the first stage? If I Drivespace will this do the job? If I do DRVSPACE will it slow down my P2 350 with 64mb ?

Any response would be welcome, I wiil keep my eye on the board for a couple of days before I take the plunge.

Thanks

FTF

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bcrabtree
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Joined: Mar 7 1999

If you are planning to start afresh, then you'd best Fdisk the drive, then format it.

Don't use Drivespace there's no need and it may slow things down.

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Bob C