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| Thread ID: 93035 | 2008-09-01 21:22:00 | Setup of Hard Drive Partitions | GR8Metal (14133) | Press F1 |
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| 701866 | 2008-09-01 21:22:00 | What's the best option in regards to setting up partitions on a new hard drive. If I want to install windows vista on my 250gb hard drive, is it a good idea to make say a 40GB partition for vista and leave the rest for data etc? I've seen PC's with 3 partitions, 1 for OS, 1 for programs & 1 for data. Is this necessary? Cheers :) |
GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 701867 | 2008-09-01 21:31:00 | You dont have to partition. But if you have 2 or more partitions, if you get hit by a virus or trojan or something, it'll save you formatting the whole hdd. And you can re-install the updates from one of the partitions Otherwise, you may have to redownload all of the updates again, and reinstall them |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 701868 | 2008-09-01 21:42:00 | If I want to install windows vista on my 250gb hard drive, is it a good idea to make say a 40GB partition for vista and leave the rest for data etc? Its not necessary but I do it and then Ghost c: . Much easier to clean out/restore in case of disasters etc . But remember to move MyDocuments to D: if you do . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 701869 | 2008-09-01 22:33:00 | Awesome, thanks guys. I'll give that a go! | GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 701870 | 2008-09-01 22:36:00 | What's the best option in regards to setting up partitions on a new hard drive . If I want to install windows vista on my 250gb hard drive, is it a good idea to make say a 40GB partition for vista and leave the rest for data etc? I've seen PC's with 3 partitions, 1 for OS, 1 for programs & 1 for data . Is this necessary? Cheers :) definiteley have 2 partitions at least, 1 for vista and progs and the rest for your data . saves losing all yr data if you need to reinstal or have probs with vista . just make sure the vista partition is big enough to include all yr progs as well . 40gb sounds right if u arent into games . my xp partition is 20gb with 2gb free but there are no games and some data on it . i woudnt bother having a sep partition for progs . |
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