Re: to partition or not to partition...

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:21:38 -0600

Greetings --

    Placing data files on a partition or physical hard drive separate
from the operating system and applications can greatly simplify system
repairs/recoveries and data back-up. I'd use a slower drive only for
data storage.

    There's very little point, however, in having a separate partition
for just applications and/or games. Should you have to reinstall the
OS, you'll also 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.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Jedd de Lucia" <JedddeLucia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:DF901997-BBF1-421F-A80E-EF5B018FD9E9@microsoft.com...
> Is partitioning a drive a good Idea or a waste of time with the ntfs
file system?
>
> Is it better to have files or programs on a drive that is phisically
separate form the OS?
>
> If the second phisical drive is an older slower drive is it still a
good idea to use it for files or programes or should i just use it for
like storing photos or music or video?
>
> what configuration will I get the best results with using a new
Seagate 160g and an old maxtor 6g.
>
> I was thinking this? please coment-
>
> Segate 160 gig-
> C: 15g Windows XP
> E: 15g Programs
> F: 130g Files
>
> Maxtor 6gig-
> D: storage of MP3s or JPEGs
>
> Is it better not to partition. Sometimes I like to clean out
windows, re-format and start fresh. I was thinking if i partition this
way I wouldn't need to loose my files.
> -- 
> P4 2.4 800fsb
> Abit IS7
> 1024mb pc 2100
> Seagate 40 gig
>

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