Re: Multiple Hard Drives, various Partitions?
- From: "Richard In Va." <Reply-none@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:07:55 -0400
Hello BassPlayer,
My opinion... for what it's worth....
Do the other two (2) drives still contain the files that you plan to keep?
If they do, then maybe leave the drives FAT32. When you get around to
buying/installing new (bigger) drives, then format those NTFS before
transferring your stuff.
If the drives are currently empty, you might consider removing (deleting)
the partitions on them now, applying a new partition (even if they will be
identical) and then formatting NTFS.
Sounds like these drives have been around for awhile, A fresh
partition/format might be good for them. But I probably would not go
through the trouble if your going to by new drives soon anyway.
Now on the other hand, If you have an easy way to copy your files to a
offline storage media (DVD) and want the experience working on your
drives... go for it. If the two (2) drives are less than half full, maybe
you can move files from one drive to the other and partition/format them one
at a time. (You probably have some room on C:\ for temp storage too! ).
A fresh partition/format might help locate and isolate bad or unusable areas
on those older disks.
(Maybe someone could add to this thought)
Best regards,
Richard In Va.
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"bassplayer" <bassplayer.2a5hwt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bassplayer.2a5hwt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello All.
This is me first post. I have something probably controversial but
important all the same to ask all of you.
I have Windows XP Professional, and besides my normal C drive which is
formatted in NTFS, I also have 2 other Hard Drives along with a DVD
Burner installed.
Nevermind the "C" drive, MY QUESTION IS:
Should I format the other 2 separate Hard Drives in Fat32 or should I
just keep everything NTFS on the pc?
The other 2 drives are currently formatted in Fat32, but only because
they came from a different pc and are used for storage of all of my
MP3's and Video files, and also storage of program files, backups of
other things. They both are Not just for backups, but more for storage
and are used constantly.
The current drives are small by todays standards, but I plan on
upgrading ALL of the hard drives to very generously sized ones soon,
probably each of them being 80-200 Gigs, or whatevah.
Just wanted some opinions on what everyone might think is the best to
do with my configuration, which currently is:
Drive C: 40 Gig - NTFS - (Windows is Installed)
Drive D: 20 Gig - Fat32 - (Used for my MP3 Collection)
Drive F: 15 Gig - Fat32 - (Used for Videos and Backups/Storage, Misc,
Etc.)
Additional PC Info:
*Intel P4, 2.4 GHz, 1 Gig of Memory
*Asus Motherboard, P4B533-E
*Asus Dvd Burner (Drive E)
*Windows XP Professional
*NVIDIA GeFORCE 4 Ti 4200 Video Card - 1 Regular Monitor (Primary), Big
Screen TV as Secondary connected at the same time with a DSL
Connection.
((((((THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND OPINIONS EVERYONE))))))
Peace.
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bassplayer
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