Fresh Installation and Partitions

[Simon McDonald]

I am going to re-install XP Home and was wondering if people could pass on
comments about how best to partition the drive (30GB).

Should I use one large one or two (one for XP and one for the rest) or
something else? What sizings do people suggest, including page files etc.

Thanks

Simon

 

[Nicholas]

Some interesting articles to read:

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]


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Nicholas

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| I am going to re-install XP Home and was wondering if people could pass on
| comments about how best to partition the drive (30GB).
|
| Should I use one large one or two (one for XP and one for the rest) or
| something else? What sizings do people suggest, including page files etc.
|
| Thanks
|
| Simon
|
|

 

[Simon McDonald]

Thanks for the pointers. It seems that MS see nothing wrong with a single
partition. I hav eone more question though:

A number of people say one partittion for the OS and one for all else (apps
and files (multi media etc)). But I assume that the registry files sit on
the same partition as the OS. So if you re-install the OS, despite other
apps being installed on the other partition, surely you will have to
re-install them too (due to new registry), event though their files will
still exist?

Thanks

Simon


Some interesting articles to read:

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp

Virtual Memory in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

[Courtesy of Alex Nichol, MS-MVP]


--
Nicholas

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| I am going to re-install XP Home and was wondering if people could pass on
| comments about how best to partition the drive (30GB).
|
| Should I use one large one or two (one for XP and one for the rest) or
| something else? What sizings do people suggest, including page files etc.
|
| Thanks
|
| Simon
|
|

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am going to re-install XP Home and was wondering if people could pass on
comments about how best to partition the drive (30GB).

Should I use one large one or two (one for XP and one for the rest) or
something else?

A good general article on partitioning is
http://www.aumha.org/win5/parts.htm

What I would suggest is one for the system and installed software - 8 to
10 GB, and the rest for data. Once running, r-click in My Documents and
move it over to the other drive, and in Outlook Express Tools - Options
- MAintenance - Store folder move that too.