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Community weekly poll: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive?
- 5/4/06 10:43 AM
How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive?
by Nudist - 5/5/06 1:28 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
One. Partitioning is an anachronism from the olden days when the hard-disk capacity outpaced the operating system address capability. There is no reason for partitioning.
2 with a reason
by sharee100 - 5/5/06 8:05 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by NudistI use one partition for personal use and one partition for by Condo Board stuff. I have to make sure there is no co-mingling of stuff.
2 for the security
by simdunn - 5/5/06 10:43 AM In reply to: 2 with a reason by sharee100Keep one for applications and less important data, the other partition for gaming, movies and school documents. incase the C:\ gets infected, the other half is still secure (in most cases!)
One for System and related files ...
by lkstew99 - 5/6/06 5:39 PM In reply to: 2 with a reason by sharee100I originally set mine up with a large partition for the operating system (XP Home) and related Windows files and the smaller partition to make it easier to segregate, find and back up data files. Still makes sense.
need multiple partitions
by spravka - 5/5/06 8:42 PM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Nudistyou should hav multiple partitions for several reasons.
1 Security, makes it harder for hackers to get at sensitive data.
2.Isolates data from programs. You don't lose data if you have to reinstall programs.
3.Separate different types of programs, I like to keep games separate from office or work type programs, keep Halo separate from MS Office.
4. Separate parition for swap file. seems to make windows work better.
5. more efficient use of space on the Hd.
I have 2 disks with a total of 5 partitions +the swap partition.
Partitions are only good for multiple OS's
by pigonthewing - 5/5/06 1:30 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have four 300gb Seagate drives in my main desktop. The primary drive (which will be changed to a pair of 10k Raptors running in RAID0 for my new rig) has only one partition, since I'm running only XP Pro on it.
To me, multiple partitions are useless on today's computers with NTFS and readily available defragmenting tools (just please don't make me use the pitiful defrag util built into windows).
Using one partition for downloads, another for music, another for video, etc, will only lead to one partition filling up, and then you have to restructure the entire drive to fix things. Why not just use folders instead?
Running multiple operating systems does merit (and require) separate partitions. But for the average home user running only Windows, I can't see another good reason to split up one physical drive into multiple logical drive partitions.
If you really want to split stuff up, go buy another hard drive. You'll need the space eventually, and they're always getting larger and less expensive.
Partitions - Yes!
by zepper - 5/5/06 11:36 AM In reply to: Partitions are only good for multiple OS's by pigonthewingI consider those who don't partition large drives (unless s/he routinely works with very large files) to be either lazy or clueless. With a little thought (and perhaps a bit of Registry twiddling) you can make your OS partition a lot safer and more reliable. Make your created data more organized, etc. etc.
Just filling things up and buying more HDDs is like these packrats that just keep buying stuff and when their house gets too full, they shovel the excess into rented storage units... Also insane!
If you haven't used something in 6 months, either burn it to optical media, uninstall or delete it!
.bh.
Good Reason for at least 2 but I have 7
by MichaelF - 5/5/06 7:22 PM In reply to: Partitions are only good for multiple OS's by pigonthewingI think that you have to have at least 2 for a very good reason, on my first partition I have the op system and installed programs. I set this up initially with my crucial programs all updated and optimised and then make a ghost image of it on one of the other partitions. If something goes wrong with this partition such as it gets slow from to many programs over time, corrupted, infected etc I can just boot to my ghost floppy and reimage to my optimal default state, all clean and with everything I need. I just put back anything that I have found necessary in the mean time and update and re ghost ready for the next time. Easy and quick.
I have other partitions as necessary for organisation.
Data - Mydocuments and all other essential data all in one place for quick ongoing backups.
Downloads - for downloaded stuff and programs, drivers (I build and repair computers so I have an extensive built up list of drivers by manufacturer built up over time). Utility downloads and updates.
Adrian - Storage space networked for my son to use from his computer.
Backup1 and backup2 - Ghost images of the c drive for every computer and notebook I have for quickly getting back to my optimum defaults whenever they need a pick me up.
System - I put the page file in here and also use it for the printer spooling.
Sounds complicated I suppose but my computer runs very clean and fast and I have never had any problems running this many partitions and have done so for many years. Easy to organise backups and easy to restore performance.
Michael
2 partitions are enough with todays machines
by sasquatchll - 5/5/06 11:40 PM In reply to: Partitions are only good for multiple OS's by pigonthewingI agree with that. I use a small but very fast HD, generally split into two partitions, to hold the operating systems I use continually.
Everything else goes to seperate drives. At todays prices, averaging about a buck a gig, adding starage is not too much to bear.
When I need to run anything else (Linux, BSD, etc.), well thats what they make virtual machines for. VM Ware usually has betas you can use free, just for the cost of registering. And they even now have a simple container that is free and so easily set up anyone can figure it out. M$ has also set their new and supposedly improved VM free. Typical for M$ though, it's not so easy to set up as VM Ware is.
5 Partitions on hard drive
by d.j.fulford - 5/5/06 1:56 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I always use three particitons for my Windows work. I seperate the operating system from my Documents, so if I need to update the operating system to to reload it, if it messes up, all my data is retained. I use a cut-down operating system for video work, without all the background software I tend to accumulate on my working drive.
The other two partitions are for a Linux operating system that I mean to use much more, but never have time to do so.
How many partitions on your hard drive
by dgbvan - 5/5/06 2:03 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have one OS and one partition on my primary hard drive. I need only one partition as I have a skookum filing system. To date, I can find anything on my hard drive in 15 seconds and usually a lot less.
But, of course, I cheat! I have two other hard drives, which I have imaginatively called D: and E:!
I was able to do that because some wag at the factory called my CD drive M: and my DVD drive N:!
I am thinking about a Linux partition, but I don't know if that has to go on the primary, or not. If not, I plan to put it on E: and call it (again, very imaginatively) L:. But that will have to wait a spell as I'm procrastinating about Linux.
Partitions Helps
by rindsey - 5/5/06 2:08 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have 2 HDD, one a 20GB and the other a 40GB.My 20GB is the Primary Master. That b'cos I can use my 40GB like a big carry out storage device. My primary master is (7 + 13)GB. I only have put the main System / Application S/W in the first 7GB. The other 13GB kept for other things. The main reason for do so is that smaller partitions will take less time to take backup of very important file plus less time for defragmentation. Also, smaller the size easier to maintain.
2 partitions
by krwheeler - 5/5/06 2:11 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I have 2 partitions (one harddrive).
I tend to format my main partition (around 70G) every 2 or 3 months, several reasons each time, and I found it quite tiresome to continuatly download ALL the handy and important software that I need, which is why, instead of backing up that software, I just leave all the install files in the secondary (10G) partition. It's quite a timesaver.
How many partitions
by rward101 - 5/5/06 2:25 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
1) control system
2) downloads and documents backup
3) system clone (mirror) backup
Why more than five?
by bob42cr - 5/5/06 2:28 AM In reply to: How many partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? by Marc Bennett
I use 9 partitions. What might normally be placed in a separate folder now goes in a separate partition. Two backup copies of the master boot record are kept in separate places. Then a clone of the hard drive is made and kept. So far, this system has enabled me to survive what would have been killer disasters on several occasions.
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