Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
how were they mirrored? firmware or software? On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: how were they mirrored? firmware or software? On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 Standard DELL laptop configuration! I believe it's NTSF? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
ntfs software mirror should pretty much be broken once you pull it out of its host OS/environment. unless they did 2 partitions on one drive and then mirrored them. but in any of those cases the data should be 100% accessible mirror or no. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: how were they mirrored? firmware or software? On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Lisa Kachold lisakach...@obnosis.com wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 Standard DELL laptop configuration! I believe it's NTSF? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to save space/cost/complexity On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
I should think that'd put a real strain on the battery. Unless of course they're SSDs. :) Stephen wrote: I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to save space/cost/complexity On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
Desktop replacements aren't known for battery life.. unless you count the shortest possible... SLI graphics raided HDD and sometimes Desktop CPU's you get the idea. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: I should think that'd put a real strain on the battery. Unless of course they're SSDs. :) Stephen wrote: I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to save space/cost/complexity On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
More like 'portable' than 'laptop' then, I suppose. I refer to mine as a 'deskbook'. ;) Stephen wrote: Desktop replacements aren't known for battery life.. unless you count the shortest possible... SLI graphics raided HDD and sometimes Desktop CPU's you get the idea. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: I should think that'd put a real strain on the battery. Unless of course they're SSDs. :) Stephen wrote: I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to save space/cost/complexity On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- -- -Eric 'shubes' --- -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
Just go to windows control panel - administrative tools computer management -disk management and disble the mirror and your second drive will be clean for whatever you like to do---no data lost on the primary drive o whatever version of windows this machine have- your place to work is disk management command line tool id call Diskpart. now be sure that you have a mirror because when you do that it is only on drive C, or one drive with 2 partition , then will be C and D, and if you have that mirror with a second drive, then you have C and D I understand that you're aware of that, but again, are you sure that has two drives, with gparted, it have a live cd that is able to work with drive mirror and change that, but it is better to do it within windows app. unless that whatever that computer have it is not important, you can try it, but is faster and simpler from disk management, now i got a question which laptop brand provide the ability of use 2 drives, unless that you use docking stations I never see one, well good luck Walter Tocalini On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Desktop replacements aren't known for battery life.. unless you count the shortest possible... SLI graphics raided HDD and sometimes Desktop CPU's you get the idea. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: I should think that'd put a real strain on the battery. Unless of course they're SSDs. :) Stephen wrote: I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to save space/cost/complexity On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: Lisa Kachold wrote: Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and not a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 HDDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT: HowTo Gpartd Windows Mirrored Drives to Expand Usable Space?
Gee, Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? -- Office: (480)307-8707 ATT: (503)754-4452 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
