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[ken_cinder]

You think that's screwed? Why? Better to have the OS on one partition and apps on another or more, as well as your Pagefile on another (Preferably on a different disk than the OS).

 

Here's my hard drive setup.

 

Hard Drive 0 - 40GB Maxtor DiamondMax 7200RPM

FS=FAT32, Partitions:

 

C (XP) - 5.00GB

D (Programs) - 2.93GB

E (Games 1) - 8.79GB

F (Games 2) - 8.96GB

G (Holdings) - 11.60GB

 

Hard Drive 1 - 80GB Western Digital Caviar 7200RPM

FS=NTFS, Partitions:

 

H (Swap) - 1.02GB

I (Holdings 2) - 17.48GB

J (Isos) - 9.99GB

K (Music) - 5.00GB

L (Movies) - 6.01GB

M (Emulation) - 35.00GB

 

I'm adding another 80GB drive soon that I'm being given for free, not quite sure what I'm going to allocate that to, but my drives will definitely be undergoing a major facelift.

[Sturmvogel]

I meant to spell "skewed." But I see what you mean in any case. At least I can now use all of my HDD. Yeah...the OS having its own dedicated partition seems like a good idea. I'll put the stuff I backed up before the system recovery on the larger partition.

 

I don't think I could stand having one or more HDD's sectioned like that. It would drive me crazy. I like most of my stuff in one space. And that stuff isn't anything irreplaceable if my HDD were to die. I currenty have everything backed up.

 

You probably have a lot more stuff than me. I have about 3/4 of my drive filled, and that's all I need for now.

 

Thanks for the help though.

[Shibathedog]

i like setting a separate partition for the OS install anyway

 

in fact i have an HDD dedicated to it and i only install things to it when i have to (like really small apps)

 

Supposedly setting it up with a system partition pushes the data to the edge and makes everything run smoother too