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Hard drive partitions
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A hard drive technically has a faster part and a slower part because it is a mechanical arm moving across a disk. It takes longer for the arm to reach the outer edge so that part is considered slower. Some people split it up so the fast part is a separate drive than the slower part. Other reasons could just be to divide your hard drive into parts to store certain things.
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the obvious answer is to split up your data. there are 20 threads a day here saying "help i got a virus and all my pics/music/movies/etc are gone. how do i get them back?"
separate the data from the OS and programs in different partitions. this way if something goes wrong and you have to format the OS, then you lose no data and simply reinstall windows and you're running again as you left off. a true second drive is more ideal but at minimum a second partition to keep data safe. other reasons, but this is most important and something i suggest EVERYONE does. i fix pc's for a living and more times than i can count i have had crying folks begging me to perform miracles and recover lost data. rarely can i do it and the data is just lost.
better to plan ahead now, than to be another thread here asking how to get stuff back that you can't get back!!
separate the data from the OS and programs in different partitions. this way if something goes wrong and you have to format the OS, then you lose no data and simply reinstall windows and you're running again as you left off. a true second drive is more ideal but at minimum a second partition to keep data safe. other reasons, but this is most important and something i suggest EVERYONE does. i fix pc's for a living and more times than i can count i have had crying folks begging me to perform miracles and recover lost data. rarely can i do it and the data is just lost.
better to plan ahead now, than to be another thread here asking how to get stuff back that you can't get back!!
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Personally, I am not a fan of partitioning physical drives.
Long, long ago, when drive space was really expensive, it was a good idea.
Today, that concept is far better handled with individual physical drives.
1 drive for the OS and applications.
1 drive for games, music, video.
Standard maxim of drive partitions:
Whatever partition you are messing with right now is just a little bit too small.
Long, long ago, when drive space was really expensive, it was a good idea.
Today, that concept is far better handled with individual physical drives.
1 drive for the OS and applications.
1 drive for games, music, video.
Standard maxim of drive partitions:
Whatever partition you are messing with right now is just a little bit too small.
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