Re: Benefits of partitioning?
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/28/04
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:51:04 GMT
Jim <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi, I'm considering doing a reinstall of XP Pro. My primary drive is 80
>Gigs, second one (filled with MP3's) is 40 Gigs. Would it make sense to
>partition my primary drive? Is the general idea to get the OS alone on one
>partition, and leave the rest of the drive for data and other programs? Does
>that allow one to reformat and reinstall the operating system on its own
>partition without affecting the other partition? Thanks in advance for any
>help.
>
>Jim
Partitioning strategy is largely a matter of personal preference and
organisation.
Some people like the "one big partition" scheme because that way they
don't have to worry about which drive letter is used for which
purpose. Others like to have multiple partitions so that each type
or category of file has its own partition.
Sometimes it is a good analogy to consider your hard drive like a file
cabinet. Would you be comforable with one huge file drawer with all
of your papers filed in it? Could you keep things origanized and be
able to find what wanted in it without wasting a lot of time
searching?
Or would you be better off for a multiple drawer filing cabinet, so
that you could use separate drawers for different types of papers,
such as invoices and bills; personal papers; tax returns, insurance &
mortages: and so forth?
Same idea with partitioning a hard drive. How do you want to organize
things? What will work best for you? And as you gain more
experience with computers your ideas and expectations in this regard
will likely change, often so much so that you will want to redo the
partition structure on the drive, or at least do it quite differently
when you replace the current drive with a new larger one.
MVP Jim Eshelman has some more information about partitioning hard
drives at http://www.aumha.org/a/parts.htm
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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