hi im presently using two HDDs of 500 GB and 160GB capacities. 500GB is divided into four volumes c,d,e and f where as the 160GB is divided into 4 volumes h,i.j and k. now i need more storage and bought a 2TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm drive. i want to mostly use it as a storage medium only and its very unlikely that im gonna install any programs on to this drive. one of my friend told me that its better to leave the 2TB drives as one big storage than partitioning it to different volumes. my idea was to divide into 3 volumes of 500GB and 2 volumes of 250GB so that i can install OS into one of those 200GB volumes in future when i upgrade my system. i asked him about the problem with clusters but he said that as the NTFS uses only 4K, it wont waste any space to cluster if i leave its as a single 2TB storage hence no need to partition it to different volumes.
so what you guys suggest, should i leave it as a one big 2TB storage or divide it into different volumes. is there any chance of space being wasted due to cluster if i leave it as single 2TB medium. is it safe to use free partition tool such as EaseUS partition manager to partition the drive to different volumes. will my partitions remain intact if i happen to uninstall the program completely after partition. it will also be very useful if you could suggest a link that includes guides to partition the disk into different volumes in windows itself.
thanks in advance
so what you guys suggest, should i leave it as a one big 2TB storage or divide it into different volumes. is there any chance of space being wasted due to cluster if i leave it as single 2TB medium. is it safe to use free partition tool such as EaseUS partition manager to partition the drive to different volumes. will my partitions remain intact if i happen to uninstall the program completely after partition. it will also be very useful if you could suggest a link that includes guides to partition the disk into different volumes in windows itself.
thanks in advance
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