Re: Size of Boot Partition

Thomas Young wrote:

I have a 120 GB HDD for my DELL 3.2 GHz laptop. Can anybody tell me
what size of partitions to make for the most optimum performance. I
would install MS Office, Visual Studio 6 and a few graphics programs
like Photo Shop and Corel. I will be grateful for the reply


How to partition your drive has nothing to do with optimizing performance.
From a performance standpoint, it doesn't matter. You should choose your
partitioning scheme for organization and convenience, not optimization.

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 a single 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, only seldom does it make sense to have more than two
partitions


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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