Re: How do I partition hard dive
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:12:31 -0700
Dale wrote:
Thanks Mike for your reply. I knew I read somewhere about this
issue, but could not remember where. It WAS Mike Steven's site!
Thanks Ken for your clarification.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
Next question....
1. Do I really need to partition 80MG or is it ONLY for ease of data
'Backup'?
First a word on the terminology.Partitioning is the act of creating one or
more partitions on the drive. Since you can't use a drive until it has at
least one partition on it, *everyone* needs to partition.
So I assume you're asking about whether you should have more than one
partition. This is not a question to which everyone has the same answer, and
you'll find different points of view. My view is that most people's
partitioning scheme should be based on their backup scheme. If, for example,
you backup by creating a clone or image on
the entire drive, then as ingle partition might be best. If, on the other
hand, you backup only your data, then the backup process is facilitated by
having all data in a separate partition.
Except for those running multiple operating systems, there is seldom any
benefit to having more than two partitions.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Just trying understand what is the advantage of partitioning other
than on a large drive ex. 200 MG
Thanks again, I am so pleased I received these answers so quickly
and they were right on the MARK!
Dale wrote:
I have an 80GB hard drive which I would like to partition.
C: for O/S D: for programs and data. How can I accomplish this?
My objective is to have O/S on its own partition, so I do not have
re-install in case of major problems with programs and/or data.
Mike answered your question, but let me add a comment or two:
Many people separate their installed programs from the operating
system with the idea that if they ever have to reinstall the
operating system, their programs will be intact. Unfortunately that
idea is completely wrong. All installed programs (except for a very
occasional very small one) have many entries referring to them
within Windows, in the registry and elsewhere. If you reinstall
Windows all those references are lost and the programs will no
longer run. If Windows is reinstalled, all the programs have to be
reinstalled too.
So for most people, it's better to have programs in the same
partition as Windows.
If you put your data in a separate partition, yes, it will survive a
reinstallation of Windows, but I'm always concerned that people who
want to do this may think that their data is safe there and no
backup is required. It is always possible that a hard drive crash,
user error, nearby lightning strike, virus attack, even theft of the
computer, can cause the loss of everything on your drive. As has
often been said, it's not a matter of whether you will have such a
problem, but when.
The only real safety for your data is on external backup media. Just
having a separate partition doesn't cut it.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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