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Partition Schemas?

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April 23, 2007 3:49:37 PM

Hello everyone :) 

I would like to know, if its possible you guys would share with me your partition schemas (or maybe say you dont have any at all).
Since Im thinking of buying a big hardrive... I was wondering if partitioning in some way has benefits over another etc...

Like:
OS
Music
Games
General Applications
Video Edition/DVD Authoring
Music Compositions (aka own samples and sample CDs etc...)

I mean is there any logic behind all of this, or is just "partition as much as you can" or "do what your heart dictates" :lol: 

Thanks for your time :) 

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April 23, 2007 3:56:55 PM

On a desktop I really see no point in partitioning other than for dual-booting. I been through the whole partition for os, games, media, and such. I see not performance gains. I partition my servers to keep stuff off the os, but other than that I see no point.
April 23, 2007 4:50:39 PM

three partitions

c) OS, programs, games, etc.
d) pagefile
e) data

makes it easier to just wipe c: clean and reinstall the system partition when i get too adventurous. :D 
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April 23, 2007 10:29:02 PM

I see, interesting.. two different approaches... guess its a matter of personal taste :) 

Thanks guys.
a b G Storage
April 23, 2007 10:49:54 PM

One purpose of partitioning a home computer is to keep the OS on the fastest area of the hard drive (outer ring). This does give a boost in performance but not very noticeable. (benchmarks?)
April 24, 2007 2:43:53 AM

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One purpose of partitioning a home computer is to keep the OS on the fastest area of the hard drive (outer ring). This does give a boost in performance but not very noticeable. (benchmarks?)

And how would you go about putting it on the outer ring? First partition?
a b G Storage
April 24, 2007 3:12:44 AM

Yes.

The first partition you create is your primary active partition, and will be located from the outer edge inward. So the smaller, the greater the performance boost.
April 24, 2007 3:22:17 AM

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Yes.

The first partition you create is your primary active partition, and will be located from the outer edge inward. So the smaller, the greater the performance boost.

Ah I understand :) 

Thanks for your help :) 
April 24, 2007 3:25:18 AM

Quote:
Yes.

The first partition you create is your primary active partition, and will be located from the outer edge inward. So the smaller, the greater the performance boost.

Ah I understand :) 

Thanks for your help :) 
April 24, 2007 4:10:54 AM

I use AShampoo Unstaller, and you may use a similar now or later. This takes a snapshot of all files in a specified area before and after an installation. Drive image copiers (like Ghost) are similar. System Restore should only monitor programs. So if partition C: only has O/S and installed programs, no extras (like music files for instance) will clutter the snapshot. In particular, O/S, browser, and other caches will take a lot of unnecessary room in the snapshots unless they are moved elsewhere. The paging file should be on a different partition, and if possible different drive.

Similarly, data backups may be easier if they are grouped in different partitions. If you run multiple O/S's, they will need separate partitions. Powerdesk http://freepctech.com/rode/019.shtml is a file explorer that has a nice drive bar to access a large group of files with one click. Breaking files into patitions makes defragging a lot easier because you can defrag 8GB at once rather than 160GB. If you ever need to reformat, that's easier too. If you use FAT32, limiting a partition to 7.9GB insures less wasted space.

You may want separate partitions for main O/S, alternate O/S, games, install program backups, music files, video files (large NTFS), backup drive images, groups of data files. I like to group all my most important files in a folder I call Vitals. This should be on a different partition (a different physical disk if possible) from C: in case the O/S or disk crashes.
April 24, 2007 4:52:59 AM

Wow, thanks for the insight dspear :) 

I like the idea of the defrag as you say :p 
I think i never ran Ashampoo before or Norton Ghost... Imma give em a try then :) 
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