Re: New Win XP Installation

Sounds like a good point. Thanks for the input!



"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> I'm currently running Win XP Home SP2 on one 120 gb hard drive with a
>> second 120 gb hard drive used for backup images. It's been quite a while
>> since I installed Win XP and I was thinking about doing a clean XP
>> install and reinstalling all of my programs. I've read recommendations
>> about installing Windows in it's own partition. I was wondering if the
>> following would be a good configuration:
>>
>> drive 1 C: Window XP Home
>> D: Programs and data
>>
>> drive 2 E: Backup images
>>
>> Does anyone have any input, ideas or recommendations?
>>
>>
>
>
> There's really very little point in having a separate drive or
> partition for just applications. Should you ever have to reinstall the
> OS, you'll still have to reinstall each and every application and game
> anyway, in order to recreate the hundreds (possibly thousands) of registry
> entries and to replace the dozens (possibly hundreds) of essential system
> files back into the appropriate Windows folders and sub-folders. Placing
> applications on a separate drive/partition is a useful solution only if
> your system partition lacks sufficient space for all of your applications,
> and you cannot readily resize it.
>
> However, placing data files on a partition or physical hard drive
> separate from the operating system and applications is a good idea. Doing
> so can greatly simplify system repairs/recoveries and data back-up.
>
>
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