New 250gb drive and fresh install of XP

Liquid_Entity · 19 Jul 2006 at 14:30

How should I split a 250gb SATA 2 hard drive (partitions etc)

deadeyedic30 · 19 Jul 2006 at 16:20

I split my WD 250 into 10 partitions of aprox 25Gb each. Windows on the first, wallpapers and mp3 on the last, and game depending on type in between. Also have a partitions for games patches/mods, drivers and useful utilities so everything i need is on the hard drive come a fresh reinstall.

Dutch Guy · 20 Jul 2006 at 10:08

You can split it any way you like.

I have my Raided 250Gb drives split up like this:
25Gb for Windows and Windows related stuff (can be smaller but I made it bigger so I have enough space when Vista is released)
10Gb for demo's, testing
130Gb for games
300Gb for storage, video, audio etc..

Chronictank · 20 Jul 2006 at 15:55

10Gb (5gb on media pc) - Windows
100Gb - Apps (all applications, game installs etc)
20Gb - Backup
10Gb - Temp (has Temp folder and Page file)
Rest - Storage

My setup personally

e36Adz · 20 Jul 2006 at 19:37

C drive - 40GB (windows/programs etc)
D drive - 210GB (storage - make folders for mp3s/films etc)

FrankJH · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:42

C Drive: 36Gb as whole of raptor
D drive : 250Gb as one partition

YEah I know I am lazy lol

StevenG · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:51

e36Adz said:
C drive - 40GB (windows/programs etc)
D drive - 210GB (storage - make folders for mp3s/films etc)

youve got 1.2TB storage, you must have a lot of films

Locrian · 20 Jul 2006 at 21:09

Why bother splitting the drives? As far as i can tell it doesnt offer any performance benefits? All i have is:

2 150GB raptors raid 0
2 500GB caviars raid 0

300Gb system files and 1Tb storage

e36Adz · 20 Jul 2006 at 23:36

StevenG said:
youve got 1.2TB storage, you must have a lot of films

Its about 2/3 full, but filling QUICK