How Do You Manage Your Partitions?

[muaddib]

Hello.

I'm going to reformat soon, and I want a better partition system, the current one I have isn't good.

"C" = OS (WinXP), Program Files
"D" = Backups

I've just wanted to know how do you guys/gals partition your HDD's.

Thanks in advance.
Regards.

[Orangeman]

It really depends on how many HDs you have and how fast they are. I have my C on my 36Gb Raptor which has the OS and common apps. Then I have D on a 120GB SATA that just has programs. Then I have a 200GB SATA split up that stores MP3, ISO, and stuff for my job (IT).

[zinff]

What is your current setup not doing that you would like it to do, and what drives will you be using?

Create your partitions when you first setup drive (ex: First installing OS, or adding a storage drive).

If you need to change partitions after installation, partition magic or another resizing program of your choice can change the partition dimensions / drive letters.

Ideally as Orange stated i like to keep my OS (primary drive) seperate from my storage drive (on a different bus, ex: ide1 for OS drive and ide2 for storage or on a different controller all together).

[TMM]

C: (30GB)
-Windows
-general Program Files (e.g. MS Office, firefox etc)

F: (250GB)
-Pagefile
-Downloads,
-Installers,
-ISOs (Games, OSes etc)
-Movies/Vid Clips,
-Installed games (e.g Program Files directory but only for games as many are fine to keep installed here if i format C: and reinstall windows

G: (80GB)
-Personal Documents
-Music

[KoolDrew]

What is so wrong with your current partitions? I think that is the best option.

[s0ulfly]

C: OS
D: games
E,F,G,H: storage
K: OS testing/benching

[KoolDrew]

C: OS
D: games
E,F,G,H: storage
K: OS testing/benching

OS, applications, games, pagefile etc. should all be on the same partition to reduce seek times which is everything in HDD performance.

[Qkjhfhaiguihfma]

i am really against partitions for anything other than asthetics, which is a shame because it eats up some free space. personally when I redo my windows install, i prefer to have a clean drive, not just a c partiton clean with junk all over d/e/f/etc, which may or maynot work right again with windows. obviously i use very few apps so its not a big deal for me.

all my personal files music images movies backup documents go to network storage. this is why i like small hdds, and would freak out if a company would ever make a 20-40GB sata300 16MB NCQ 10,000 rpm drive. :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

[IYP]

C: everything....lol ive never been one for organization....ill be partitioning off stuff on my new hd tho