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wonkifikcuf   06-23-2009 at 04:35:11 AM

ive always put my os in a seperate partition
and my most frequently played games in seperate partitions aswell


ie
c: (os)25 gigs
d: (wow)30 gigs
e: (pong) 5 gigs
f: (misc games) 80 gigs
g: (misc storage (pics music ie)150gigs

random numbers used for sake of example



is there a proper partitioning format to use???

aswell any assistance on partitioning a
W/D Caviar Black 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb
with xp home

for maximum performance


thank you


Message edited by wonkifikcuf on 06-23-2009 at 04:48:46 AM
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wuzy   06-23-2009 at 07:11:47 AM
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OS+apps(including games) go on one partition. Some games install files into the \Windows folder and when you clean install the OS, games previously stored on other partition won't work until re-installed. I keep a 60GB partition for that purpose.
How you arrange other partitions is up to you.

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jsrudd   06-24-2009 at 06:55:31 AM
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I'm not sure that your going to notice a performance increase just by partitioning. I always make a Data partition and then a separate OS partitions, for the convenience of data sharing and reinstallation. To notice a performance increase your going to need to have two hard drives.

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505090   06-24-2009 at 08:45:34 AM
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tried partitioning a drive and saw no performance gain. On the other hand i switched to a program drive and a data drive and life got a lot smoother

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