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At what size is it best to partition a hard drive for maximum speed while
using Windows XP Home?

Is there any benefit to having the OS on a physically separate Hard Drive
and all other programs and files on another?

TIA,

Terry

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Thanks.
That's why I asked.

"Sandman" <Peterf41@Bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>A lot of people partition a HD, and for whatever their reasoning, it makes
> no sense to me, since there is no useful redundancy here; if a drive
> fails
> you lose everything on the drive anyway. It also will affect the NTFS
> system
> in XP that places files etc in a certain order which makes access to them
> more efficient; seeking on the HD...If you have 2 separate OS; like
> Windows
> ME on 1 partition and XP on the other, I guess that is a good reason to do
> it.. (a dual boot situation) I don't think you can install XP on a drive
> and the Programs and files (whatever you mean by that) on another drive.
> And
> if you could; for what purpose?
> "Terry" <talker2002-unsubscribe-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mGIX6%23hFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> At what size is it best to partition a hard drive for maximum speed while
>> using Windows XP Home?
>>
>> Is there any benefit to having the OS on a physically separate Hard Drive
>> and all other programs and files on another?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>
>

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It isn't that I want to do a backup. I was talking about partition sizes.
Wondering if one size were any better than another. So far, there doesn't
seem to be any good reason to partition a hard drive when using Windows XP.
I guess it's a thing of the past.



"DaveDouglas" <dndzz%remove%@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> What about doing an Image of your C drive to a DVD? Would you like to
> backup to 1 DVD or many?
>
> Sandman wrote:
>> A lot of people partition a HD, and for whatever their reasoning, it
>> makes
>> no sense to me, since there is no useful redundancy here; if a drive
>> fails
>> you lose everything on the drive anyway. It also will affect the NTFS
>> system
>> in XP that places files etc in a certain order which makes access to them
>> more efficient; seeking on the HD...If you have 2 separate OS; like
>> Windows
>> ME on 1 partition and XP on the other, I guess that is a good reason to
>> do
>> it.. (a dual boot situation) I don't think you can install XP on a drive
>> and the Programs and files (whatever you mean by that) on another drive.
>> And
>> if you could; for what purpose?
>> "Terry" <talker2002-unsubscribe-@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23mGIX6%23hFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>At what size is it best to partition a hard drive for maximum speed while
>>>using Windows XP Home?
>>>
>>>Is there any benefit to having the OS on a physically separate Hard Drive
>>>and all other programs and files on another?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
>>>Terry
>>>
>>>
>>
>>