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| Thread ID: 53924 | 2005-01-31 06:37:00 | Shall I partition my Harddrive? | Tribomb (5547) | Press F1 |
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| 319716 | 2005-01-31 10:02:00 | I've just ordered a new pc today with XP,(at last).The main drive is 160Gb,and the builder recommends only partitioning it in half,with the os on one with apps.So at the mo that's what is happening. Is that 50/50 or something like 20/80? Either way your going to end up with a minimum of one large drive to manage. Even breaking it up into three partitions is going to be unwieldy, IMO. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 319717 | 2005-01-31 10:02:00 | The big advantage of partitioning, as has been hinted at but not stated in the above replies, is that you can designate a C: partition primarily as a Windows partition. Keep all your programmes and data on a separate partition. Then if Windows crashes, or you wish to reinstall anyway or upgrade to a later version, you can reformat your Windows partition and do the Windows installation without losing all your other files. HTH |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 319718 | 2005-05-11 05:26:00 | But the registry, that then also will be rewritten, will not know how to handle the programs................................. | hotkiwi (6379) | ||
| 319719 | 2005-05-11 05:49:00 | i would partition it the way many of us have mentioned, then set up your computer with the essential programs like anti virus, dvd playing software or basicly all the programs you use lots, then make an image of your hdd with ghost. its money well spent. well thats what i have done :rolleyes: | Prescott (11) | ||
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