Re: Why do proprietary machines use one partition?
From: ByTor (ByTor_at_snowdog.com)
Date: 02/28/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:37:00 -0500
In article <#R7a7NOHFHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>, vagabondsw-X-@-X-
gmail.com, Vagabond Software says...
> "ByTor" <ByTor@snowdog.com> wrote in message
> news:MKiUd.16179$S9.6072@fe78.usenetserver.com...
> >
> > What I am basically looking for is the pros, cons, facts, of the giants
> > like, Dell, HP, Gateways, etc., etc., shipping their machines with the
> > OS and data saving isolated to one partition? (I understand that
> > technically some of them use two, one for the recovery partition)
> >
> > I understand that on a mass produced level imaging drives through the
> > line is much faster, but I also know that a primary and a logical can
> > also be imaged & restored(unless I'm mistaken)......so.........anyway.
> >
> > It just amazes me how countless amounts of people will increase the
> > probability of losing ALL their data by isolating it to the OS
> > drive.....Yes drives can fail and having more than one partition would
> > be irrelavant, but the probably of losing the OS functionality is higher
> > than physically losing the drive itself......so hence the many problems
> > I read about in the groups with people wanting to recover their
> > data......
> >
> > Do recovery experts & software companies actually make that much money
> > in recovering data? Or does proprietary tech support say, OH, just back
> > it up to a DVD."
> >
> > Would it really be a disadvantage in teaching people how to seperate
> > their data from the OS drive by partitioning & creating logical
> > drives??? Would somebody somewhere decrease the likelyhood of making
> > more money?? I don't think the average user is not teachable or stupid
> > for that matter.......Will the proprietary companies void their warranty
> > service if you take it upon yourself to partition your drive thereby it
> > not being in it's original state? This part is just a tad concern of
> > mine as when I work on machines I try to give the individual a little
> > education on how to store their data more efficiently & offer to split
> > their drives but I don't want to void their support if they still have
> > it..........
> >
> > Anyway, I'm not looking for a fueled debate or criticising any one
> > company's methods just looking for some good clean feedback and
> > logic..........
>
> The kind of person that manages data and functionality on multiple
> partitions also do not buy their computers from Dell, Sony, and the rest.
> They usually build it themselves.
>
> Dell and the others can assume, correctly in my opinion, that even were its
> customers provided additional partitions, most of them would simply continue
> "put everything on drive C:" computing habits.
>
> carl
>
>
>
Yes I agree, as this is my case also.....been building my own since my
first encounter with a comcrap 7yrs ago..... ;0)
But also I would agree most people still would put it to C and most
times would not know where it is....that's the sad part.....
Thanks for the comments.....
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