In setting up our last 2 computers running Win Me and Win XP, I
repartitioned C: moving all data to a new partition. My Documents, TMP and
TIF and OE were all moved to a different partition. Is there still value in
doing this with Vista Home Premium?
The value is exactly the same with Vista as it was with previous
versions of Windows.
Here's my general advice on planning partitions:
I think that most people's partitioning scheme should be based on
their backup scheme, and backup schemes generally fall into two types:
imaging the entire hard drive or backup of data only. If you backup
data only, that backup is usually facilitated by having a separate
partition with data only; that permits backing up just that partition
easily, without having to collect bits and pieces from here and there.
On the other hand, for those who backup by creating an image of the
entire drive, there is usually little, if any, benefit to separating
data in a partition of its own.
Except for those booting more than one operating system, there is
seldom any benefit to having more than two partitions, and often a
disadvantage.
