Parition sizes

[Hubert Earl]

Hi,

I'm planning to partition a hard drive in such a way that all data will be
in one partition, and everything else in the other. I'm doing it so that if
any programs cause problems to the extent that I have to do a reformat, I
can do the reformat on the second partition, and not have to delete the data
in the first one.

In general, roughly what percentage of the hard drive should be taken up by
the data partition? I'm asking percentages rather than absolute amounts,
because I might have to do the patition split on more than one computer or
hard drive. Thanks.

Hubert
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[Squire]

If you are talking about the Operating System, (data)
XP needs about 5gb to be installed and operate in as a minimum size,
not knowing how large your Hard drive is, you can figure percent from that
yourself
Other partitions for programs or backup are up to you also..

 

[BetsyB]

I have a 100 gig HD. My son set mine up for me. The C drive is 9.76 gig for
all my programs.
the D drive is 83.3 gig. There is plenty of free space on both and I am an
avid collector of trash.
HTH

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BetsyB

 

[Carl F]

I have a 100 gig HD. My son set mine up for me. The C drive is 9.76 gig for
all my programs.
the D drive is 83.3 gig. There is plenty of free space on both and I am an
avid collector of trash.
HTH

--
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Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a
peeing section in the swimming pool?



BetsyB

There are several advantages to multiple partitions and multiple hard
drives. Obviously data protection is a primary reason.
If practical, data should be backed upon a separate drive.
I use the following partitions:
C: operating system
D: swap file
E: data
F: non-OS programs
I move the "my documents" folder to E:\docs

With this configuration my data has never been lost because of an OS
failure and reload.

To be safe I also backup all data on a separate disk drive.
If the OS needs to be restored I still have to reinstall the programs in
the F: partition to obtain proper registry entries but at least I know
exactly what was installed before the failure.

Percentages are dynamic. They depend on the number of programs and the
amount and type of data.
I always err on the large allocation side.
OS = 12 to 15 Gb
Data => 10 Gb
Programs => 10 Gb
Swap = the greater of 4x RAM or 2Gb
Note: To get a crash dump part of the swap area = to the dump size must
be in the OS partition.

Hope this helps and simulates discussion

Carl F

 

[Sharon F]

Hi,

I'm planning to partition a hard drive in such a way that all data will be
in one partition, and everything else in the other. I'm doing it so that if
any programs cause problems to the extent that I have to do a reformat, I
can do the reformat on the second partition, and not have to delete the data
in the first one.

In general, roughly what percentage of the hard drive should be taken up by
the data partition? I'm asking percentages rather than absolute amounts,
because I might have to do the patition split on more than one computer or
hard drive. Thanks.

Hubert

I usually allot 10-15GB for the XP and program partition. On my 2 year old
installation of XP, the 15GB partition with a ton of software has worked
well and still have 6.5 GB to spare.

On this particular system, I edit and move around many large files on a
regular basis. If I go smaller than 15GB, I find that my System Restore
starts kicking on and off. Restore points are lost when this happens, so am
more comfortable with the 15GB partition.

YMMV

 

[Byte]

-----Original Message-----

There are several advantages to multiple partitions and multiple hard
drives. Obviously data protection is a primary reason.
If practical, data should be backed upon a separate drive.
I use the following partitions:
C: operating system
D: swap file
E: data
F: non-OS programs
I move the "my documents" folder to E:\docs

With this configuration my data has never been lost because of an OS
failure and reload.

To be safe I also backup all data on a separate disk drive.
If the OS needs to be restored I still have to reinstall the programs in
the F: partition to obtain proper registry entries but at least I know
exactly what was installed before the failure.

Percentages are dynamic. They depend on the number of programs and the
amount and type of data.
I always err on the large allocation side.
OS = 12 to 15 Gb
Data => 10 Gb
Programs => 10 Gb
Swap = the greater of 4x RAM or 2Gb
Note: To get a crash dump part of the swap area = to the dump size must
be in the OS partition.

Hope this helps and simulates discussion

Carl F
.

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making a peeing section in the swimming pool?
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