Re: If you were starting from scratch with Windows XP how would you......
- From: Lester Stiefel <les7954@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:16:08 GMT
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:36:59 -0400, R. McCarty wrote:
> I really like this question, but you'll never get a consensus opinion
> because everybody works differently on their PC.
>
> First I prefer to use two or more physical drives. This helps make
> the overall workload easier. The single biggest bottle-neck in any
> PC is the drive(s). The key is to partition the drives so that the
> partitions are arranged in descending order of use. In other words
> on Disk 1 the 1st-partition is XP, the 2nd partition might be your
> Pictures or Video and the last partition could be used for storing
> Images or other non-frequently accessed data. Then on the 2nd
> drive the 1st partition would be your User data (My Docs, email
> and frequently used items like IE Favorites. Next create a partition
> for your music collection. Finally a partition to hold your Video.
> The key for all this segmentation is backups. Keeping XP and user
> data apart you can use differing schedules and methods to backup
> each. Also keeping User data away from the XP partition allows
> you to restore Images and not affect your data. It does require you
> to make some folder redirections - but Tweak-UI for XP can
> help with that.
>
> On my own machine I have two SATA drives and a total of 6
> partitions. I also have an External Maxtor USB that gets used for
> storage and the "Suspenders-and-Belt" type of data backup.
>
> Some users just like the convenience of a single partition with all the
> content on one drive and there's nothing wrong with that.
>
> It's all got to fit somewhere and what and how much segmentation
> you want is the key
>
>
> "Mick" <solutions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:de0clp$ibe$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi
>>
>> As with most things to do with Windows XP there are many different views
>> on which is the best way to start off. To explain.......
>> I have over the years tried several different ways in which to load
>> WindowsXX on a new PC. I.E. One large partition on a large hard drive or a
>> smaller partition for just Windows and/or all the programs and another
>> partition for all the files etc.
>>
>> From the ease of maintenance point of view, I am extremely interested to
>> hear (read) the views of others, as to what is considered to be the
>> ultimate way to load Windows and partition the hard drive, so that in the
>> event of a disaster, it is easy to either do a System Restore or restore
>> from a backup file.
>>
>> So.............How would you do it?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Mick
>>
All users have their favorite. Personally, my favorite is a
partition for each major type of data (music, videos,
textdocs), then another still for the PAGEfile (you can
redirect that too.) If you change the PAGe location (in
System CPL), remember to restart right after change. Close
all windows open though.
The partition should be a second primary type for the page
file. All others should be "logical". Just moving the page
will stabilize the file table of the OS partition, and
stabilize the performance to a great degree. Moving the data
to other logicals will finish the performance boost by
getting the data out of the OpSys area. Both the pagefile
and the user data expand with time and relocate the critical
files further apart if all is left on the same drive.
--
Lester Stiefel
In Romans 1 there are qualities of Unregenerate man listed
which describe him in the last days.
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