Re: large drive question

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:49:28 -0400, "Rob" <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Back in the old days when you installed any Windows OS with a swap file, it
>was wise to create a separate partition just for the swap file
>so it didn't get fragmented. I'm just wondering with the giant drives of
>today what the philosophy is. I'm replacing the two smaller drives in my
>current system (they're dying) with one large 300 gig drive and trying to
>figure out the best way to set it up. Should I do three partitions? One
>for the OS, one for swap, one for non executable data such as doc files and
>mp3s? One for applications? Beats me, perhaps with Diskeeper running every
>night it doesn't matter all that much.
>
>One other question I have is can I avoid doing an XP w/sp2 slipstream to
>install XP to this drive? I have it mounted on a system and can partition
>and format it, obviously that doesn't help XP recognize it out of the box.
>Just wondering if there were alternate tricks to this. Thanks!

Rob,

Jerry already gave you good information.

Just a few remarks on the sidelines.

Putting the swapfile in a separate partition is not a very good
idea, because you want it near you other active files, ideally
in the middle of them and nearer the outer area of the disk for
best performance.

Just installing, setting the pagefile to a good, not too small,
size and using a good defragmenter, like Perfect Disk by Raxco,
will give you the best performance. But have a look at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDefrag.htm for a critical view. I
don't know how well Diskeeper works.

I personally would have just one partition, unless I wanted to
have several operating systems installed on the disk and unless
I had a very good reason for more than one partition.

And, as Jerry already remarked, I think you should embrace
slipstreaming, rather than avoid it. It's a good thing.

Hans-Georg

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