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Do you prefer multiple (smaller) partitions or one big one?

One big partition (multi-OS boot partitions don't count)
7 (24.1%)
Multiple smaller partitions for file organization
20 (69%)
Partition? Huh?
2 (6.9%)

Total Members Voted: 29

Voting closed: August 03, 2004, 05:58:01 am

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Offline Sandwich

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To Partition, Or Not To Partition?
Reply #40 on: August 12, 2004, 03:51:15 am
Well, whatevers - so far I've kept my OS corruption creep at parallel levels with my need for a new HDD, so every time I've needed to start with a fresh Win2k install, I've had a brand-new HDD to do it on. :p
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Reply #41 on: August 12, 2004, 08:30:21 am
I have three hard drives, and this is how I have them partitioned:

Hard Drive 1 (160GB, 7200RPM, 8MB cache, primary master):
C: (System), 7GB
-Windows XP and drivers

D: (Applications), 7GB
-big programs, like Office, Visual Studio, Paint Shop Pro, etc.

E: (Utilities), 1GB
-small programs, like WinZip, WinRAR, eMule, etc.

F: (Games), 145GB

Hard Drive 2 (160GB, 7200RPM, 8MB cache, primary slave):
G: (Downloads), 155GB
-recently downloaded stuff, along with program installation files (I install Office, etc. straight off my hard drive), patches, game maps, etc.

H: (Documents), 4GB
-contains 'My Documents' and 'Favorites' directories (I used TweakUI to redirect Windows to them)

Hard Drive 3 (120GB, 7200RPM, 2MB cache, RAID IDE):
I: (Temp), 120GB
-miscellaneous crap that I don't want cluttering up my 'Downloads' partition

I'm considering buying another hard drive since I'm down to less than a hundred gigs free, a 300GB one (SATA, 7200RPM, 16MB cache), which I've seen on sale for Can$340, but it'll screw up my partitions if I do. Do you know if it's possible to have one partition span multiple drives? That way I could have the 300GB be the 'Games' drive while I'd combine the two 160GB disks to form 'Downloads'.
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Reply #42 on: August 12, 2004, 09:12:23 am
[q]I'm considering buying another hard drive since I'm down to less than a hundred gigs free[/q]

:wtf: :eek2:

Are you taking the piss?
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Reply #43 on: August 12, 2004, 09:14:59 am
[q]Delete the \windows\ or \winnt\ folder, and reinstall. If you format, you're likely to lose the \documents and settings\ folder, which stores each user's My Documents (by default), as well as a crapload of other crucial data (most email clients store mail there).[/q]

Because in my experience anything post win2k likes to wipe out the documents and settings folder when you reinstall. As I learned to the cost of my e-mails for the past year recently.
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Reply #44 on: August 12, 2004, 12:34:43 pm
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Originally posted by vyper
[q]I'm considering buying another hard drive since I'm down to less than a hundred gigs free[/q]

:wtf: :eek2:

Are you taking the piss?

Well that free space is divided up over all the partitions, so each one has far less. My 'Games' partition has only 35GB free, while 'Downloads' is down to 25GB. Another month or two and it'll be used up.
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