Help me partition My new 150 GIG raptor

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Hi all,

Well after the weekend my new 150 gig raptor turns up and was wondering what the best way to partition it was for both ease of use,minimal defragmentation,and performance. :)

My hard drive setup is:

System/windows 150 gig raptor
1x 250 gig storage (pictures,letters admin stuff)
1x 250 gig storage (MP3 collection)
1x 250 gig storgae (Video files,editing clips mini dv stuff)
1x 250 gig storage (hard drive image and general backup purposes)

Now whats the best way to partition my raptor?
Is it best to have a windows on one partition?
games on a partition/programs on another
Where should I stick my page file?

If you had this setup what sizes would you use?

I want the best performance and to be easy maintainable.

It was easy before I had 2 x36 raptors in raid and just installed windows and programs on the whole span of the two drives leaving the others for my data.

Now I have so much more space for my system files and will be starting from scratch again with a fresh install any input would be appreciated. :)
 
nightwish said:
Probably not, if your C: drive is on the raptor. I would imagine that the speed gain from having it on the raptor is more significant than having it on a separate 7200rpm disc. Now all you need is another raptor! :p :D :cool:
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lol :D

can someone clarify this?
 
so the fact I have 2gb ram doesn't make much difference with regards to the page file?

Its just that I have read that the pagefile should be on a seperate physical drive?
 
So what about:

C: 33 gig windows (raptor)
D: 65 gig games (raptor)
E: 50 gig programs (raptor)
F: 2 gig pagefile (raptor)

or should I just stick the page file on one of the sperate 250gig drives on its own controller?
 
div0 said:
33 gig for windows is massive overkill
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lol :p

thought the windows partition was a bit hefty! But just tried to make it all add up to 150.



smids said:
C: 8GB Windows + Pagefile
D: Games and Programs

That's how I'd do it or split games and programs but you should not have the pagefile so far in on the disk otherwise windows will have full stroke seeks when accessing the pagefile for any of its operations.
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so I guess in this circumstance its best to have the page file on the raptor rather than a seperate disk.In the windows forum sticky it suggests a different hardrive is better but I guess in this instance its better on the faster raptor?
 
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