1tb Partion

terryuk22 · 14 Oct 2015 at 17:38

thinking of getting a 1 tb for the laptop
is it ok to partition 130/850
for those time you need to reload without losing eveverthing

koolpc · 14 Oct 2015 at 17:45

Should be fine.

ED209 · 15 Oct 2015 at 08:35

will be fine.

you can do this through the install stage of windows.

would give yourself maybe a bit more than 130GB for a OS drive due to windows updates etc.

maybe 200GB OS and the rest for storage. you will get 931GB usable space on a 1TB drive once formatted etc

terryuk22 · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:11

cheers all

Steveocee · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:15

Pretty pointless taking a 1TB drive and splitting it 800/200 to use for storage. If it's Windows youd have an easier time leaving it as 1TB.

I don't understand the comment about a reload with losing everything? If you mean an OS reinstall then I'd say to ensure you have a backup drive with your data on and don't worry about the partitions.

Never trust a spinning disk, especially in a laptop.

terryuk22 · 15 Oct 2015 at 23:15

1 ssd = 1 tb

Steveocee · 15 Oct 2015 at 23:31

Not as bad, still though I'd forget the split partition and just keep a backup of important things. If an SSD goes belly up y can at least read from them (normally).