I've been reading here about partitioning HDD's, going RAID, etc. I've settled on one drive with two partitions: one about 32-40Gb for the O/S, the balance for storage. For discussion I'll look at two scenarios: the smaller 160Gb drive or the 500Gb drive.
As I've read, some people also install a 3rd partition for the swap file, and I have several Q's about that.
1) What size of partition would this need (or is it a %) for the sm/lg drives above?
2) Should this be the '2nd partition' making it quickly availible (storage=3rd part)?
3) Are there any real advantages to doing this at all?
Thanx
f61
As I've read, some people also install a 3rd partition for the swap file, and I have several Q's about that.
1) What size of partition would this need (or is it a %) for the sm/lg drives above?
2) Should this be the '2nd partition' making it quickly availible (storage=3rd part)?
3) Are there any real advantages to doing this at all?
Thanx
f61