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Ive got a new 500gb HDD, should a create a seperate partition for windows 7 to install too, about 50gb? and have the rest just for programs and documents and all the other stuff?
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sure, it'd work.
One big partition is the easier option, but...
Want a "full backup" of just the OS? Sorry. You will have to back up everything and the image size will be much larger because all the data is intermingled with the OS. Imaging will also take much longer.
Want a "full backup" of just the OS? Sorry. You will have to back up everything and the image size will be much larger because all the data is intermingled with the OS. Imaging will also take much longer.
I have in all honesty never bothered with partitions.
Under various Linux distributions the accepted norm is to have seperate partitions for things.
But under Windows you really don't gain anything.
If the drive fails it will still take down all your data - it isn't limited to the partition.
Performance isn't going to change as it's physical disk size over partition size that will slow anything down.
What is your thinking behind having a seperate partition for Windows?
Under various Linux distributions the accepted norm is to have seperate partitions for things.
But under Windows you really don't gain anything.
If the drive fails it will still take down all your data - it isn't limited to the partition.
Performance isn't going to change as it's physical disk size over partition size that will slow anything down.
What is your thinking behind having a seperate partition for Windows?
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mental clarity for one. ease of re-install for two.