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| Thread ID: 123224 | 2012-02-11 22:11:00 | New win 7 PC best setup options? | Advocar (1098) | Press F1 |
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| 1258639 | 2012-02-11 22:11:00 | Hi I have a new win 7 64bit PC with a single 500mb hard drive and any ideas on how to setup drive would be great. Am thinking of changing new HD "C" into 1st partition to hold MS operating system. Then partition balance into say 3 more drives ? big and how to do it? Advocar |
Advocar (1098) | ||
| 1258640 | 2012-02-11 22:18:00 | Why three more drives. I have two 1 terabyte drives. The first one is divided in two primary partitions to hold Win 7 and WinXP and one other partition to hold data. My Win 7 partition is 238 Gigs of which 6-7 Gigs used. The second 1 terabyte drive is a mirror image of the first drive. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1258641 | 2012-02-11 22:38:00 | I don't partition any more unless I want multiple operating systems, I don't see the point. I used to have a 40GB OS partition when XP was my OS but it became a problem after a while when it got full. The only point I can see in partitioning a single system drive is to make the C: drive easier to back up. What are you trying to achieve that 3 folders wouldn't do? If you really want to split the drive make C: at least 80-120GB so you have room for a reasonable amount of programs, preferably bigger if you play games. My current OS partition + all installed software & games = approx 160GB I have 5 hard drives installed, and they total 4 partitions across all of them :) (2 are in software RAID) I think the perfect set-up for me would be: Primary OS drive 256GB SSD - single partition for OS and all software Backup drive for scheduled backups of C: only - any 2.5 or 3.5" SATA drive bigger than 256GB. Large Data drives for everything else, 2 or 3TB WD greens for example |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1258642 | 2012-02-11 22:48:00 | If this is a brand-name computer (HP/Compaq, Dell etc), you will likely have a recovery partition on that HDD, burn your recovery discs from it before you go messing with partitions. Have found this to be useful www.partition-tool.com |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1258643 | 2012-02-12 10:15:00 | orginally I thought it would be easier to backup but if I use folders as above I can just save them to my backup 1TB and not have size issue. Since I have a CD for software install I can just reload system if it ever gets all junkie slow overtime. Thanks for input guys |
Advocar (1098) | ||
| 1258644 | 2012-02-12 19:46:00 | I'm with Dugimodo, broadly speaking . I used to partition a lot more than I do now . For people I set up with new machines I now don't partition at all, even with terabyte drives . But my terabyte drive has three partitions so I am not consistent!! I blame this on the carry over effect:D I am a strong believer in imaging for backups . This rather places the focus back on partitions . The C: drive has a big mixture of programs, data, registries etc etc so imaging this makes a lot of sense . But, when all is said and done, it is your decision . Maybe a 100GB for C: and the rest in one partition? Anyway, have fun with your new machine . Win7 is good at looking after itself so I wouldn't place too much emphasis on needing to reload it periodically . In the MANY years of owning PCs I can't say I have ever done that! |
linw (53) | ||
| 1258645 | 2012-02-12 22:59:00 | what imaging software do you use? | Advocar (1098) | ||
| 1258646 | 2012-02-12 23:06:00 | Macrium Reflect. It is available in a free or paid for version. The free one is fine for most people. | linw (53) | ||
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