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Janice
Can anyone give me advice on some good sizes of partitions. I would be using
XP Home.
Thanks
Janice
XP Home.
Thanks
Janice
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Shenan Stanley
Janice said:Can anyone give me advice on some good sizes of partitions. I would
be using XP Home.
One Partition always works great for me, no matter the size of the drive(s).
You MAY get a SLIGHT (it will be slight) performance boost from multiple
partitions - but nothing spectacular. The biggest advantage I could think
of is recovery (as long as the issue is not hardware in the end) of data.
Meaning, if you have 40GB C drive and the rest is D, you can always
reinstall Windows XP from scratch on the 40GB partition and all your
applications again there and leave the rest of it alone to grab again later
(as long as you understand the basics of partitioning.)
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Janice
Shenan Stanley said:One Partition always works great for me, no matter the size of the drive(s).
You MAY get a SLIGHT (it will be slight) performance boost from multiple
partitions - but nothing spectacular. The biggest advantage I could think
of is recovery (as long as the issue is not hardware in the end) of data.
Meaning, if you have 40GB C drive and the rest is D, you can always
reinstall Windows XP from scratch on the 40GB partition and all your
applications again there and leave the rest of it alone to grab again later
(as long as you understand the basics of partitioning.)
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Thanks - it was the recovery side I was thinking about.
Janice
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Bob Harris
I suggest three partitions. One for the operating system and programs, one
for personal data, and one for scratch and backup. In case of a software
problem (virus or bad install/uninstall), you can do a recovery (or repair)
of the operating system (and/or prgrams) without impacting your personal
data.
As for the third partition, I would place the swap file (pagefile.sys)
there. Do not try to "copy" or "move" it. Instead, use the XP interface to
designate that location, then reboot and the file will be re-created.
(MYcomputer, properties, advanced, performance, advance, virtual memory. I
also recommend setting min size the same as max size.)
I would suggest frequent backups of your personal files from the second
partition to the third, as well as occassional backups off of the PC (e.g.,
ZIP, CD, DVD, USB hard drive.) I find the XCOPY rountine ideal for the
backup of personal files, since it can be made to copy only new or changed
files. Example: XCOPY D:\myfiles E:\myfiles /s /v /d /h /r.
I would also suggest occassional backups of the first partition to the
third, although saving the backup image off of the PC would be better (e.g.,
USB hard drive).
for personal data, and one for scratch and backup. In case of a software
problem (virus or bad install/uninstall), you can do a recovery (or repair)
of the operating system (and/or prgrams) without impacting your personal
data.
As for the third partition, I would place the swap file (pagefile.sys)
there. Do not try to "copy" or "move" it. Instead, use the XP interface to
designate that location, then reboot and the file will be re-created.
(MYcomputer, properties, advanced, performance, advance, virtual memory. I
also recommend setting min size the same as max size.)
I would suggest frequent backups of your personal files from the second
partition to the third, as well as occassional backups off of the PC (e.g.,
ZIP, CD, DVD, USB hard drive.) I find the XCOPY rountine ideal for the
backup of personal files, since it can be made to copy only new or changed
files. Example: XCOPY D:\myfiles E:\myfiles /s /v /d /h /r.
I would also suggest occassional backups of the first partition to the
third, although saving the backup image off of the PC would be better (e.g.,
USB hard drive).
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Janice
Thanks for your suggestion. Any comments on the size of each partition?
Janice
Janice
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John R Weiss
Janice said:Can anyone give me advice on some good sizes of partitions. I would be using
XP Home.
Depends on how careful you are with application software installations...
If you install your apps as well as your data to a logical drive other than
the boot drive, 10-15 GB should be plenty for the boot partition. If you
allow the apps to install themselves on C:, you may want 40 GB or more.
After that, I would divide the remainder in half.
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Janice
John R Weiss said:Depends on how careful you are with application software installations...
If you install your apps as well as your data to a logical drive other than
the boot drive, 10-15 GB should be plenty for the boot partition. If you
allow the apps to install themselves on C:, you may want 40 GB or more.
After that, I would divide the remainder in half.
Thanks for that.
Janice
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Root
What about:
partition 1 - 50 GB WinXP
partition 2 - 50 GB Program Files, programs
partition 3 - 10 GB 2nd installation of WinXP
partition 4 - 50 GB Data
partition 1 - 50 GB WinXP
partition 2 - 50 GB Program Files, programs
partition 3 - 10 GB 2nd installation of WinXP
partition 4 - 50 GB Data
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Guest
Janice there are a LOT of depends regarding size. I suggest that you purchase Partition Magic v8, this will allow you to easily change the partition sizes without loss of data. Also realize that backing up to the same drive is NOT as good as backing up to another drive. If the HD goes bad no matter how good your backup is most likely you have lost everything. Following is what I've done:
"C" drive (OS and applications) I have 47GB and I'm using 33GB of the drive. I have a TON of applications installed and highly doubt that you will install as many as I have.
I use "DirveImage" to backup my "C" drive and is backuped to a seperate drive on my system on my "O" drive which is 75GB in size and contains numerous and various backups.
Currently my page and swap files are on the "C" drive but I will be changing this in the future. From the standpoint of performance it is slightly better putting these files in a different partition on the same drive but the best is to put them on another drive. I have a fixed page file of 2.5GB and it is more than large enough for my current needs. This is about 3x my onboard memory (768MB).
I place "My Documents" on a seperate drive ("P") that all of my systems point to as the "My Documents" folder. This ensures that all systems are working with "the" same set of files. My "P" drive is 40GB and I'm using 30GB of the drive.
My Documents is backed up to another drive ("Y" 120GB USB), I use an application (Mr Mirror) that is somewhat like a mirror but differs in that when I delete things off the "P" drive they are NOT deleted from the "Y" drive. There is a specific step within Mr Mirror that I must run to delete the files on the "Y" drive that are not on the "P" drive.
I have six online drive and three USB2 drive. One of the USB drives uses a hot swap tray and I have another 9 dirives that I use in it.
I seriously doubt you will need as many drives as I have but I can never get enough. Soon I will be moving to a new system that will have a Raid 5 setup with five 300GB drives and then I will have another for my OS and applications.
"C" drive (OS and applications) I have 47GB and I'm using 33GB of the drive. I have a TON of applications installed and highly doubt that you will install as many as I have.
I use "DirveImage" to backup my "C" drive and is backuped to a seperate drive on my system on my "O" drive which is 75GB in size and contains numerous and various backups.
Currently my page and swap files are on the "C" drive but I will be changing this in the future. From the standpoint of performance it is slightly better putting these files in a different partition on the same drive but the best is to put them on another drive. I have a fixed page file of 2.5GB and it is more than large enough for my current needs. This is about 3x my onboard memory (768MB).
I place "My Documents" on a seperate drive ("P") that all of my systems point to as the "My Documents" folder. This ensures that all systems are working with "the" same set of files. My "P" drive is 40GB and I'm using 30GB of the drive.
My Documents is backed up to another drive ("Y" 120GB USB), I use an application (Mr Mirror) that is somewhat like a mirror but differs in that when I delete things off the "P" drive they are NOT deleted from the "Y" drive. There is a specific step within Mr Mirror that I must run to delete the files on the "Y" drive that are not on the "P" drive.
I have six online drive and three USB2 drive. One of the USB drives uses a hot swap tray and I have another 9 dirives that I use in it.
I seriously doubt you will need as many drives as I have but I can never get enough. Soon I will be moving to a new system that will have a Raid 5 setup with five 300GB drives and then I will have another for my OS and applications.
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Zilbandy
JGT said:I use "DirveImage" to backup my "C" drive and is backuped to a seperate drive on my system on my "O" drive which is 75GB in size and contains numerous and various backups.
Have you actually tried to recover the system using DriveImage. I had
problems with Drive Image for some reason and wound up trying Acronis
True Image. My 'testing' procedure consists of making an image, then
deleting the c drive partition using Partition Magic from a boot
floppy. Then, I boot from the Acronis recovery CD, plug in my usb
drive that contains my image files, restore C drive, and or any other
partitions, and reboot. It actually works. I find a lot of people
backup, but don't test the recovery from their backups.
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