# I need to make a partition... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 21, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217 "2008-01-21T15:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/1 "2008-01-21T15:44:07Z")
but i have data here: ![http://nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3655&stc=1&d=1200958996](http://nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3655&stc=1&d=1200958996) and even if i defrag it stays there… how to fix plz ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/2 "2008-01-21T15:47:47Z")
get partition magic, it will move all that data for you. simple fix ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/3 "2008-01-21T15:50:48Z")
word partition magic ftw ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/4 "2008-01-21T16:21:43Z")
link? ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/5 "2008-01-21T16:36:36Z")
[google.com](http://google.com) and its not free. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/6 "2008-01-21T17:40:11Z")
used gpart instead… worked well ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/7 "2008-01-21T17:56:32Z")
you just have to be careful with repartitioning drives… it can cause problems… and lose data ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/8 "2008-01-21T18:08:02Z")
what they said. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/9 "2008-01-21T18:30:06Z")
Why do you need to create a partition? ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/10 "2008-01-21T18:46:58Z")
work machine, making a second partition to boot for personal web browsing etc ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/11 "2008-01-21T18:52:48Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > work machine, making a second partition to boot for personal web browsing etc use a u3 thumb or something of the like… partition is not the answer… too much to worry about IMO ^jon ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/12 "2008-01-21T19:06:27Z")
> [@zwarbyt](#): > > work machine, making a second partition to boot for personal web browsing etc They’re still going to have firewall logs, plus any logs from what ever monitoring software they’re using. If you can hide your surfing from your IT staff by simply booting to a different partition they’d probably also be stumped by just deleting your browser history. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-make-a-partition/42217/13 "2008-01-21T19:14:03Z")
yes and no… im browsing from home, nyspeed, offtopic etc soon all machines will link to vpn partition will save me from that