How to seperate windows on your system

gamerkurisu · 2 Jun 2021 at 12:16

TLDR - how do you guys install windows, do you create partitions etc? I am looking for the best way to make it easy to reset if needed. my boot drive will be samsung 980 pro

Mujja · 2 Jun 2021 at 12:22

Extra partitions or disks were useful for HDDs back in the day. The OS data would be contained in a smaller partition near the centre to improve performance and reduce fragmentation. This was also in the day where the number of connections on an IDE cable would limit the number of storage device you could connect.

If you have a spare SSD, install this and keep all your personal data on the SSD. Will be the safest way to make sure the data is safe if you reset or reinstall Windows.

Do you login with a local or Microsoft account? If a MSA, sync all your data to OneDrive and restore what you need after a reset.

mickyflinn · 2 Jun 2021 at 12:25

gamerkurisu said:
TLDR - how do you guys install windows, do you create partitions etc? I am looking for the best way to make it easy to reset if needed. my boot drive will be samsung 980 pro

Depending on size i Create a particion to whatever size you want then install Windows.

Windows and programs installed on the same particion games on the other.

What size drive you getting ?

Mujja · 2 Jun 2021 at 12:31

Ah!, forgot about the games, would need a solution to save having to download hundreds of GBs.

Is game performance improved much on an NVMe now? Wouldn't the OP still be better installing games on cheaper SSD?

gamerkurisu · 2 Jun 2021 at 13:05

Ah so I am just old remembering partitions etc lol! I got a samsung 980 pro for the OS(2TB) and a 4tb sabrent for the other 4.0 slot

Before now I have only ever really had about a 250g for OS and I am not sure how but it just fills up but I think that is probably a knowledge hole on my part, maybe I install things to default too much i.e nvidia drivers etc

mickyflinn · 2 Jun 2021 at 13:17

gamerkurisu said:
Ah so I am just old remembering partitions etc lol! I got a samsung 980 pro for the OS(2TB) and a 4tb sabrent for the other 4.0 slot

Before now I have only ever really had about a 250g for OS and I am not sure how but it just fills up but I think that is probably a knowledge hole on my part, maybe I install things to default too much i.e nvidia drivers etc

Your probablly installing programs as well you certainley want drivers and programs on the same drive as Windows imo.

You have plenty of storage i would just create a 1tb particion and be done , remebering to install games to the other drives.

watercooledman · 2 Jun 2021 at 13:19

I use nvme for os and a 2tb slave hard drive for games and backups etc etc.

So if I have to install it don't take long

gamerkurisu · 2 Jun 2021 at 13:29

mickyflinn said:
Your probablly installing programs as well you certainley want drivers and programs on the same drive as Windows imo.

You have plenty of storage i would just create a 1tb particion and be done , remebering to install games to the other drives.

Ok awesome thanks I will do that!

EsaT · 3 Jun 2021 at 14:56

Mujja said:
Extra partitions or disks were useful for HDDs back in the day. The OS data would be contained in a smaller partition near the centre to improve performance...

Using inner tracks/cylinders would crash the performance with HDDs.
Because of transfer rate dropping to half and same amount of data also needing like 100% more tracks meaning more movement of R/W heads.
It's outer tracks in start of drive's logical sector addressing which are the fastest with highest transfer rate and the least movement of R/W heads per certain amount of data.

Mujja · 3 Jun 2021 at 15:00

Thanks for clearing the that up, makes sense.

Edit: after some reading and, for me, the confusion must have come from how a disk\partition layout on a bar. The left edge on the bar is the outer edge on a disc, I always though it was the inside.