I will give this comment, exactly right.
I just had a crash on my wife's Windows 98se computer that
was not recoverable, tried everything I could think of for
an hour or so. But since I had planned ahead, all the data
and downloaded program files were on separate partitions. I
also had the Windows Security Update CD on hand. So I used
the HP restore CD that came with the computer and formatted
and reinstalled all the files to C:.
Then I used add/remove to remove as much of the junk I did
not want on the computer, such as Disney Blast and the old
version 3 McAfee Virus Scan.
I then ran my Windows 98 se update CD. Installed TweakUI
1.33 from the other partition and made what changes I wanted
to My Documents.
Installed updates from the other partition for the system
and installed the firewall (ZA).
Then I connected to the Internet and had only 3 fairly small
critical updates to do which took less than 1/2 an hour on
dial-up.
Then I reinstalled OFFICE 97.
Then I recreated the user accounts,
Then reinstalled the email accounts and imported the email
and addressbook from the other partition.
There are still a few tweaks to do. But she lost no time or
data.
It is also nice because you can defrag a 10 GB C: a lot
faster than a 250 GB C:
Ideally, all computers would have multiple hard drives, say
5 just to pick a number. One could have the OS and some
other application files. The other four would be RAID 10,
striped and mirrored for data. And we'd all have off-site
broadband back-up to network storage and a DVD burner and
flash drives too.
And, I plan to win the lottery tonight.
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| Placing data files on a partition or physical hard
drive separate
| from the operating system and applications can greatly
simplify system
| repairs/recoveries and data back-up. I'd use a slower
drive only for
| data storage.
|
| There's very little point, however, in having a
separate partition
| for just applications and/or games. Should you have to
reinstall the
| OS, you'll also have to reinstall each and every
application and game
| anyway, in order to recreate the hundreds (possibly
thousands) of
| registry entries and to replace the dozens (possibly
hundreds) of
| essential system files back into the appropriate Windows
folders and
| sub-folders.
|
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| Bruce Chambers
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| "Jedd de Lucia" <
[email protected]>
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| message
| > Is partitioning a drive a good Idea or a waste of time
with the ntfs
| file system?
| >
| > Is it better to have files or programs on a drive that
is phisically
| separate form the OS?
| >
| > If the second phisical drive is an older slower drive is
it still a
| good idea to use it for files or programes or should i
just use it for
| like storing photos or music or video?
| >
| > what configuration will I get the best results with
using a new
| Seagate 160g and an old maxtor 6g.
| >
| > I was thinking this? please coment-
| >
| > Segate 160 gig-
| > C: 15g Windows XP
| > E: 15g Programs
| > F: 130g Files
| >
| > Maxtor 6gig-
| > D: storage of MP3s or JPEGs
| >
| > Is it better not to partition. Sometimes I like to clean
out
| windows, re-format and start fresh. I was thinking if i
partition this
| way I wouldn't need to loose my files.
| > --
| > P4 2.4 800fsb
| > Abit IS7
| > 1024mb pc 2100
| > Seagate 40 gig
| >
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