Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > New System Build > Vista 64 Home Premium Partitions Questions

Vista 64 Home Premium Partitions Questions

Forum Homebuilt Systems : New System Build - Vista 64 Home Premium Partitions Questions

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
bitsbytesandboolean   05-11-2009 at 12:37:36 AM

Hi all,

So I'm building this new AMD quad core and this question has been bugging me. In the past, I have installed Windows on a RAID 0 stripe consisting of two drives. Then I purchase a third internal drive for DATA only.

I have heard so many mixed views about keeping your files and the OS on seperate partitions, or in my case separate drives altogether.

The logic I heard was that keeping data on a separate drives keeps your files from getting intertwined with the OS (viruses, worms etc), and keeps your OS (Windows) running smoother over the long run.

What your thoughts on how to install Vista 64 home prem. Is installing it all on a RAID 0 a good idea? Pros? Cons? Better options?

Looking forward to your thoughts!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
rewindlabs   05-11-2009 at 01:02:32 AM
- 0 +

I'm not the most up to date on the whole raid thing....but iv always parted data and games away from the os...backing up my games saves and where i don't use alot of applications i can wipe my os on one partition and keep all of my data still on the drive for a fresh os install...and i run another system with two drives one for os and one for games...keeps things from getting all fragged up so often...



------------------------------ http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/RSSRM/ay14s5-1.jpg
 Reply to rewindlabs
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > New System Build > Vista 64 Home Premium Partitions Questions
Go to:

There are 1001 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.316 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?