Partitioning new SSD with Windows 7 for Windows 10 uograde.

Billy3382

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Hello everyone!

First post here but have been using this site's extreme wealth of knowledge and reading the forums for quite some time now. This website is the greatest for a novice like me!

I have a question. I recently decided to take the plunge and get a 512GB Samsung Evo SSD. I want to do a fresh install of windows 7 onto my SSD with the Windows 7 disc (full version, not upgrade disc). My plan is to upgrade to windows 10 after install is complete.

I am just a little confused about partitioning my ssd while doing an install. I was planning to partition the ssd on a partition of around 150Gig for the OS, and using the rest of the space for my programs and a few games of mine, while using my old (mechanical) HDD as the storage for music, pictures, and other files.

The only thing is I am not sure how to partition it during the install process for windows 7. I've read other posts where people have done it after OS has been installed or where they were using a different version of windows. I'm not the most savvy with technical jargon, so i get confused pretty easily, lol. But if someone could break it down in the simplest terms, i would be so appreciative, heh.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much again!

 
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My own point-of-view is that I see no need for multi-partitioning your 512 GB SSD unless you have a special need for doing so. For too many years this fiction has existed that by creating this or that multi-partitioning scheme the PC user will be afforded some degree of security he/she would not otherwise have should the drive be single partitioned. Please understand there may be good & sufficient reasons for you to multi-partition your drive but security is not one of them. It simply never works that way.

It seems to me that for the overwhelming majority of PC users one can organize his/her work through the creation of folders on a single-partitioned disk.

Your #1 priority should be to create & maintain a comprehensive backup system...
Since you will be installing the OS and all your other data on the 512 GB SSD, is there a particular reason you desire to multi-partition the disk?

Putting it another way, do you see some advantage(s) in creating two partitions rather than a single partition, or conversely, some disadvantage(s) in creating a single partition to contain the complete contents of your system?
 

Billy3382

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Thanks for the reply! To be honest I'm doing it for file management mostly. The last 3 systems built for me were built with separate partitions. They were using mechanical hdds, so the person originally did it for performance reasons. However I am now so used to having it this way, I'd like to keep it consistent. I guess it's a bit of my OCD coming through, lol
 
My own point-of-view is that I see no need for multi-partitioning your 512 GB SSD unless you have a special need for doing so. For too many years this fiction has existed that by creating this or that multi-partitioning scheme the PC user will be afforded some degree of security he/she would not otherwise have should the drive be single partitioned. Please understand there may be good & sufficient reasons for you to multi-partition your drive but security is not one of them. It simply never works that way.

It seems to me that for the overwhelming majority of PC users one can organize his/her work through the creation of folders on a single-partitioned disk.

Your #1 priority should be to create & maintain a comprehensive backup system of your PC whereby from time-to-time your ENTIRE system is backed up - including your OS, all your programs & applications, your registry, your created files, etc., etc. In short - EVERY piece of data on your day-to-day working drive. You can achieve this through the use of a disk-cloning program carried out at reasonably frequent intervals.

In any event, if you believe a multi-partitioned disk is best for you I suppose the most straightforward way would be to connect the SSD as a secondary drive to your PC either internally or externally as a USB device and create the desired partitions via Disk Management. Then fresh-install your Win 7 OS onto the first partition, and install your games and whatever other data you select to the other partition(s) you've created.
 
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Billy3382

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Thanks for your answer! Decided not to partition. But just out of curiosity, do upgrades not full versions let you create partitions? I was discussing it with someone at work, and didn't know if upgrade discs even allowed you to create partitions.
 
Yes, it can done but we've found that for one reason or another a fair amount of users run into difficulty doing so; that's why we generally recommend multi-partitioning the disk prior to installation of the OS be it a fresh-install or upgrade.
 

Billy3382

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Thanks so much'! You've been of great help!