Re: O.T. Harddrive Partitions?


"J.A. Legris" <jalegris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"amdx" <amdx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,
It's time to install a new harddrive. The 40 gig drive I have now has
no
partitions.
My computer guru always breaks his drives into 3 or 4 partitions.

What are the advantages or disadvantages of partitons?
Thanks,

Mike


Depends on how you use your PC. If you just run it and are not bothered
about performance then a single partition is probably the least hassle.

Me - I always limit the C: drive to 50GB, this means producing and
storing a
clone of my OS drive with all my important apps is of manageable size -
then
when the HD crashes I can install a new HD and be up and running inside
an
hour.

Also it makes defragging the OS drive much quicker which is important to
get
the max performance out of your machine. And finally a virus scan of your
OS
drive will be much quicker.

I normally would partition a 200GB in to four 50GB partitions. One for
the
c: or OS drive, one for all my data, one for all my
multimedia/films/mp3's,
and one to store all my uninstalled applications on - I dont use more
than
around 15 applications at any one time - so I uninstall unused ones and
can
try new ones very quickly.

Just my tuppence worth!


Where do you get your hard drives - from the dumpster? I haven't had a
crash since around 1990 and that was on a very old RLL drive on an XT!
As far As I can tell, the only things that ever wears out is the
software ;-)

--
Joe Legris

I have NEVER had a PC to outlast a hard drive. You are luckier than you
realize.

Bo


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