Re: Advice needed on partioning HD for XPPro
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 03/27/04
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:11:11 +1000
"A Colwood" <ac@nbco.nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am about to install Win XP Pro on a system presently running Win ME. I
> would appreciate if anyone can advise me about partioning a large HD in
XP.
>
> My current arrangement is as follows:
>
> Drive 0: Maxtor 120GB
>
> C: 18GB Windows and application programs
> D: 2GB Windows swap file
> E: 50GB Data
> F: 50GB Data
>
> Drive 1: Seagate 20GB
>
> G: 20GB Backup files
>
> (The swap file is on a partition on drive 0 because I figured it is still
> faster than putting it on drive 1 which is older and slower.)
>
> All partitions are FAT32. The system has 512MB of memory and the swap file
> is set to a minimum size of 512MB. (It only really uses much swap file
when
> I'm really pushing the system with PhotoShop and GoLive.)
>
> The Microsoft site recommends partitioning as one huge NTFS volume which I
> don't really like the idea of. MS also suggests that the paging file in XP
> should be on the same partition as the OS for efficiency.
>
> Would a sensible compromise be to combine the C: & D: partitions as a
single
> NTFS volume for the OS and page/swap file and application programs and
keep
> my separate Data partitions?
>
> Also, should E: & F: be converted to NTFS or can they be left as FAT32?
>
> I hope I haven't been too long winded with this query.
>
> TIA
>
>
> --
> Antony Colwood
>
>
I would never run a system with just one single partition.
At the very least I would do this:
- Drive C: Operating system, Applications
- Drive D: Data
In some cases, extra partitions may be required.
WinXP will happily run with FAT32 and NTFS partitions.
The differences are:
- FAT32: No security, easier to access when things go wrong.
- NTFS: Good security, hard to deal with when problems arise.
I seem to recall that FAT32 partitions are limited to 32 GBytes
but I'm no sure if this applies to WinXP.
In spite of what other posters say, NTFS is slower than FAT32.
For folders up to around 2000 files, the difference is barely
noticeable. When accessing large folders (10,000 files), NTFS
runs at around half the speed of FAT32.
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