Re: What are the benefits of Partitioning HDs and having a dedicated drive partiton for the Swap file?
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:02:02 -0000
Ron
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What advantage do you see as being gained by separation?
I have done so in the past because I was mult-booting several versions
of Windows and I wanted the same application programs to be available
for all of the installed versions of Windows. Rather than have
multiple copies of the installed files on the hard drive (one for each
version of Windows) I used a separate partition for the installed
apps. They all had to be installed separately for each version of
Windows (e.g. 98SE, Me, 2000, and XP) but there was only one set of
the main application files.
In essence separate if you are dual booting but otherwise it offers no real
advantages?
<snip>
That location is based on the (usually mistaken) presumption that the
page file would be the most frequently accessed item on the hard
drive. I personally do not thing that the access time differences
between various physical locations on the hard drive are sufficient to
make it worth considering from a performance point of view.
In the past many have argued from both points of view but my feeling
is that you cannot demonstrate what is true.
Taking the previous point further where should you place backup files
which will only need to be accessed if something goes wrong?
That depends on the purpose of the backup.
a: To recover from an error such as data corruption, accidental
deletion, etc. that just happened.
b: To recover from a data entry mistake that was made last week or
last month.
c: To recover from a failed hard drive
d: To recover from a total disaster (building burns down, computer
stolen, etc.)
Each of these requires a different backup strategy.
Isn't preferable to place a backup of data on a separate drive from
the current files?
Do you think the arguments for putting files / folders which rapidly
fragment advanced in http://aumha.org/a/parts.htm are still valid?
A separate folder for Temporary Internet Files, Outlook Express
simplify maintenance. My system folder, apart from System
Restore fragments little and running Disk Defragment can take a
long time for small rewards. However, my Outlook Express folder
is well worth defragmenting often.
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Regards.
Gerry
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