partition philosophy

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I plan to build a new computer with Vista as the OS using a 500gb or larger
hard drive.
What's the current trend toward partitions?
One partition, two or more?
OS by itself on a separate partition? Programs on another, then media files
on another?
Any advantage to keeping XP (at all) on a separate partition?

What are you doing and why?
 
if you are planing to build a new computer I recomend using 2 partitions
where on one you use the windows vista and the other use it for your files
and downloads
 
Agreed,

I used to install programs on the D: drive and my personal data on the E
drive but there's no point to that anymore and many programs just will not
work on the D drive.

I also used to put my mail files on the E: drive but Outlook will not let
you do that either (at least not all of the folders). So make sure you
allocate at least 100 Gb for C:.

Many of the 3rd party backup programs will now allow you to specify backup
of mail files, Explorer favorites etc. so you don't have to back up your
entire C: drive to save your various personal files.
 
nedjinski said:
I plan to build a new computer with Vista as the OS using a 500gb or larger
hard drive.
What's the current trend toward partitions?
One partition, two or more?
OS by itself on a separate partition? Programs on another, then media
files
on another?
Any advantage to keeping XP (at all) on a separate partition?

What are you doing and why?
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I would split it into four partitions just to get over the time taken to
format.. :-)
 
why should they split the harddrive into four patitions? they only need 2
patitions one for the os and the other for the personal data
 
Mike I simply suggesting that four partitions be created simply to cut down
on the time it takes to format a particular partition - nothing more.
Whether one creates a single partition or multiple partitions will depend
upon what the drive is going to be used for. Yes, you need one partition for
the operating system; yes you also need one partition for your data. You may
also decide to create a partition simply for the purpose of backing up your
information.

I personally have 5 partitions, but hen I'm running Windows XP, Windows
Vista Ultimate 32 Bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit, Windows Server 2008
beta, and a data partition all on one machine. I also have a removable hard
drive that is similarly divided for the use of imaging the various operating
systems. As I've said the number of partitions is dependent upon how the
drive will ultimately be used. The average user has enough trouble running
one operating system but, because I have to have the operating systems
installed for testing my hard drive has to be divided accordingly.

Fortunately, for the average user two is usually sufficient!


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I agree, Mike it does take an age to format these large drives; far better
to partition them.

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