Alright you Computer Savvy POTNers...

rhys wrote in post #2316337
Laptops make it harder because of their single drive format.

re-partition the drive and then use an external to backup the larger DATA partition to.
This is how I set up a few clients' laptops using partition magic to create the second partition.

Zepher wrote in post #2316484
re-partition the drive and then use an external to backup the larger DATA partition to.
This is how I set up a few clients' laptops using partition magic to create the second partition.

My recommendation too. Get Acronis True Image and Partition Magic and your good to go.

Oddly enough I just don't like logical drives at all. Too much extra to go wrong.

rhys wrote in post #2316705
Oddly enough I just don't like logical drives at all. Too much extra to go wrong.

The benefit outweighs the risk. With one large partition, one can have a hardware fault within the drive rendering the entire partition busted. If you break into smaller logical partitions, one fault can hit the one partition, but the others are untouched. Also, things like scandisk, de-fragment can be done by partition greatly increasing speed. Lastly, if something does go bonkers with windows, you can re-install windows without affecting the other partitions. All in all, there is lots of benefit with almost no risk.