| Post ID |
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User |
| 74433 |
2002-08-28 06:27:00 |
I am about to purchase a new PC operating Windows XP. The hard drive will be 60Gb. I am keen to have the drive partitioned as part of the build process and wonder how many and what size partitions I should aim for. I was thinking of partitions each for the XP operating system, programs, data, games, backup??? and miscellaneous. Presumably the XP partition only needs to cover the minimum plus say 20% - 60/6 = 10Gb may be too big???? I would also guess that as my son (cough, cough) plays one hell of a lot of games this partition would be the largest. I do not want to partition after having the PC built as I do not wish to purchase and install such a programm. Any suggestions???? |
Denfinn (1658) |
| 74434 |
2002-08-28 06:45:00 |
proberly a 10, 20, 15, 15 would be ok. if you install most programs on d you could go 5, 20, 15, 15. just be aware it pays to leave a bit of room on c for things like MSoffice and goback info. |
tweak'e (174) |
| 74435 |
2002-08-28 06:50:00 |
Work out how much you need for the system partition and then allow a LOT more. It gets horrible if you run out of space. :_| So probably if 5GB is enough, give it 10. |
Graham L (2) |
| 74436 |
2002-08-28 07:15:00 |
I keep my data files (My Documents) in a 600 mb partition. Makes backing up to a cd easy as it always fits! |
andy (473) |
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