Can I partition 1 16GB drive into three partitions to store 3 operating system backups on one flash drive or do I only get 4GB per partition?
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Depends on the operating system. There are linux installs you could back up with 100MB. If you're talking Windows 7, its doubtful you could get 1 copy onto a 16GB flash drive. You might be able to get 1 clean install of windows on that, but it would be tight (remember, the 16gb drive is 16000MB which is actually like 14GB). My OS drive has 35GB, and that's basically Windows only since most of my programs/app data files are all on a different drive. Tl;dr: you can partition it however you want, but you aren't going to be putting any windows backups on a 16GB flash drive.
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Haven't tried, so don't know. Use mine for fast storage and recall. However, if you do try to partition, your OS "should" determine the size of the partition, not the drive. It's worth a shot because don't believe you can hurt it, but ask SanDisk pointed questions; they should tell you "YES" or "NO" and if yes, guide you through the process. If successful, remember to leave 10% or a bit more "space" on the drive. Good Luck.
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Yes you can, but there are lots of operating system backup programs that make an image of the entire partition into a single file or span of files which don't need a separate partition at all, which are smaller total volume due to being compressed, and read and write much faster to a USB flash drive due to being a single large sequential read or write. These backup utilities can also usually extract and restore individual files or groups of them you select as well, so partitioning and backing up thousands of little files to different partitions on a thumbdrive opposed to what I described above isn't a good solution. One such backup software is Acronis Trueimage.
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Hello Suzann,I have never used my 32g for anything other than storing files. Sorry I am no help. I would guess that it is p[ossible to partition as they 32 g and up are ssd
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Yes you can, but there are lots of operating system backup programs that make an image of the entire partition into a single file or span of files which don't need a separate partition at all, which are smaller total volume due to being compressed, and read and write much faster to a USB flash drive due to being a single large sequential read or write.These backup utilities can also usually extract and restore individual files or groups of them you select as well, so partitioning and backing up thousands of little files to different partitions on a thumbdrive opposed to what I described above isn't a good solution. One such backup software is Acronis Trueimage. Yes you can, but there are lots of operating system backup programs that make an image of the entire partition into a single file or span of files which don't need a separate partition at all, which are smaller total volume due to being compressed, and read and write much faster to a USB flash drive due to being a single large sequential read or write.These backup utilities can also usually extract and restore individual files or groups of them you select as well, so partitioning and backing up thousands of little files to different partitions on a thumbdrive opposed to what I... » Read More Yes you can, but there are lots of operating system backup programs that make an image of the entire partition into a single file or span of files which don't need a separate partition at all, which are smaller total volume due to being compressed, and read and write much faster to a USB flash drive due to being a single large sequential read or write.These backup utilities can also usually extract and restore individual files or groups of them you select as well, so partitioning and backing up thousands of little files to different partitions on a thumbdrive opposed to what I described above isn't a good solution. One such backup software is Acronis Trueimage. « Show Less
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umm im honestly not sure iv never done or even thought of partitioning a usb drive for more then one partition. i would just try it out the worst that can happen is it doesn't work but you still have a thumb drive haha
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Use storage spaces in Windows works amazing. takes all of my 4 drives and makes it one large. Amazing free feature built into Windows!
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to you it looks like 1 drive. The firmware on the drive uses the ssd for the most active files. you don't control that. format the partition and load your os. i think you will like it! I am really very happy with the performance; it is very smooth and very consistent.
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It is a hardware clone tool, I can't see any way partition until after the clone is made. Then you can go into disk management and make a new partition with the extra space on the drive. I cloned a 500gb hard drive, and there were two partitions that used 120 gb, the resultant min size of these two partitions was 320gb leaving me the remaining space to make other partitions or do whatever I like.
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like everyone else said you will see 4 separate drives if you are looking to pool your drives though I would suggest StableBit DrivePool it isn't free but it works great and it is only $20
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I'm the one that answered your question about the different sizes of storage system....my answer was rather long. Anyway, forgot to give u my email address if u have further questions. It is kevtam07@yahoo.com
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I assume that you mean go, in which case it is 16gb, of which about 12gb is usable. (the other 4 is reserved for the system)
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Yes. Each backup type (i.e., different drive) requires a different "script" and you can create as many scripts as you want. I backup to one internal drive and two external drives.
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There is no drive included, but there is a bay that supports 2.5 inch drives. I currently use a 240gb mSATA for the OS and 1tb for misc files and media.
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I've actually copied a few smaller to larger drives, but I can't remember how it handled the partition on the new drives. If it didn't automatically resize to fill the drive, then it was trivial to do within Windows because I know I didn't spend a lot of time doing it, and I definitely didn't use partitioning software.
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There is a small jumper that comes with the drive that will allow you to make it either 3 or 6 whichever you need, the 6 is faster and may work with your system, Try it on 6 first and if it doesn't work you can use the 3 .
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No. The days of internal expansion are over. Suggest you take a look at the 2013 model, you can 4 Drives.
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I don't know absolutely about the max storage...I only have 180GB but I would think 1TB would be ok. However, it is definitely Win7. it becomes a USB drive, so most OS should be fine.
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I don't have any experience with either of these programs, but being that it is solid state and 1Tb you should not have any storage problems. Sorry I could not be of more help.
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Same here: 750GB x 2. They're also not RAID 0, so you don't have one drive with 1.5TB, but rather a 750GB C: drive and a 750GB D: drive.
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That's the beauty of the Drobo...you can start with 3 drives then add more later without a problem. The Drobo will resize itself for you. Even better, if you want to replace a drive with a bigger one, you can simply take out the small drive and put in a bigger drive without reformatting. Drobo takes care of everything!
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It will back up the computer it is connected to and the files you identify for backup. I don't think you can partition the Clickfree drive so all your files from 2 or more computers would be lumped together. I prefer a separate backup for each computer.