Help neede on partitions

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widdyst

widdyst

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My new pc will contain a 150gb raptor and a 500gb sata II and I need help on how to have them best installed

My knowledge is limited but from what I've been told they should go like this

1st drive 500gb / 40gb partition with os installed / rest of drive used for data storage music pics video etc

2nd drive raptor with just games installed
 
Your OS should be on the fastest drive which is the Raptor (10k). Just make a small partition of say 10Gb and hack the registry tbh.
 
C4EVA said:
Your OS should be on the fastest drive which is the Raptor (10k). Just make a small partition of say 10Gb and hack the registry tbh.
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Hack the registry for what?

To the op.
I would choose to leave them as they are 150/500. No partitions just 2 disks full formats.
 
andr3w1984 said:
Hack the registry for what?
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So that you can move 'Documents and Settings' away from the C: partition and onto E:. This is the most efficient/best way to configure a PC imho as it means your computer does not slow down over time as files on C: fragment at hugely slower rate. Also it means you can have a nice small C: partition with just system files and once defragged they stay in this nice snappy fast configuration even after months and months of computer usage.

It also makes backing up DATA and restoring ghost images a breeze.


SimonC said:
my knowledge is even more limited, why would you need a 40GB partition just for the os?
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Makes for a much more efficient setup that does not slow down over time and also makes data backup easy.
All the systems I sell are supplied with a custom made Restore disc that can recover a corrupt OS but at the same time the customers files and settings are kept 100% intact.
However imho 40Gb is WAY too much for OS, my C: drive is only 5Gb on all my computers and systems I build for customers.

Obviously to be able to have this setup you need to change Windows Default Programs install directory. but you can do this very easily with a great program called nLite.
 
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C4EVA said:
So that you can move 'Documents and Settings' away from the C: partition and onto E:. This is the most efficient/best way to configure a PC imho as it means your computer does not slow down over time as files on C: fragment at hugely slower rate. Also it means you can have a nice small C: partition with just system files and once defragged they stay in this nice snappy fast configuration even after months and months of computer usage.

It also makes backing up DATA and restoring ghost images a breeze.




Makes for a much more efficient setup that does not slow down over time and also makes data backup easy.
All the systems I sell are supplied with a custom made Restore disc that can recover a corrupt OS but at the same time the customers files and settings are kept 100% intact.
However imho 40Gb is WAY too much for OS, my C: drive is only 5Gb on all my computers and systems I build for customers.

Obviously to be able to have this setup you need to change Windows Default Programs install directory. but you can do this very easily with a great program called nLite.
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Thats some really interesting good advice thanks :)
So if I have the raptor with a 5 - 10 gig partition which contains the os and use the rest of this drive for my games How do I hack the registry to do as you say and make all the other crap im gonna keep on there go straight to the second 500 gig drive
 
I have never noticed any slowdown due to defragmentation with a current performance system... back in the old Pentium 1/2 days yes... now... no...

Even so (and I don't do it personally) having a seperate smaller partition for the OS does have some advantages.
 
Thanks for the info C4EVA :)

So the idea of partitions is that you can have one partition with the OS on it and another partition with all your data, music, pics, etc? If you then need to for whatever reason reformat windows you only reformat the partition that the OS is installed on? and the second partition with all your data on is uneffected?
 
Correct SimonC, can come in very handy.

I have 2 x250gb drives.

First Drive:
OS = 35gb Games = 200gb


Second Drive is for downloads, music, data etc
 
I got another Q about partitions. :rolleyes:

Say you have 'c' as the OS partition and a 'd' partition for your games. if you install a game onto 'd' does part of the installation get installed onto 'c'?
 
Is there really that much point separating a drive into one partition for games and programs and another for the operating system? If anything, it'll aid performance to have both installed on the same partition as there'll be less movement of the drive head (reduced head thrashing) and, therefore, reduced seek times.
 
SimonC said:
I got another Q about partitions. :rolleyes:

Say you have 'c' as the OS partition and a 'd' partition for your games. if you install a game onto 'd' does part of the installation get installed onto 'c'?
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Inevitably, a lot of the game data needs to go onto the c drive in order for it to work anyway.

I'd just go for a drive thats big enough for the OS and games together, say an 80Gb, then use a bigger drive for random data and back-ups.
 
slowrunner said:
Inevitably, a lot of the game data needs to go onto the c drive in order for it to work anyway.

I'd just go for a drive thats big enough for the OS and games together, say an 80Gb, then use a bigger drive for random data and back-ups.
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I'm confused, lol. So if parts of a game install is installed to the 'c' drive, and the rest to the 'd' drive whats the point in having a second parition just for games? :confused:
Having music, photos etc on a seperate partition makes sense to me as they don't install anything to the 'c' drive, do they?
 
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