Partitioning

julianhj · 3 Nov 2009 at 05:49

I'm about to install a new Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB HDD on my desktop, and then load W7 HP on to it. I've always partitioned my main drive into C: for Windows and program files, then D: for all data.

Is there a particular reason why I shouldn't do that this time?

Right now on my XP Pro install on a WD 640GB drive I have a 50GB partition for C:, and I'm using only 16GB of that for XP and programs.

bigsharn · 3 Nov 2009 at 10:29

i'd partition C: D: and E: for Win 7 (60Gb) Applications (200Gb) and Files (remainder), you should see some nice boot times if you give Windows it's own extra section of disc

droyden · 3 Nov 2009 at 10:39

Would be interesting to know how many people still use this setup, I used to do it years ago but then stopped for no apparent reason..

unknownsock · 3 Nov 2009 at 13:20

I do this myself but the extra performance will only be seen after a while of use and even so nowadays that extra performance will barely be noticable.

weird_dave · 3 Nov 2009 at 14:49

Do you mean the degradation won't be seen after a while of use?

I'd use both drives and not partition, unless you want to keep XP as well, then I'd dual boot both OS from the same drive and put the pagefile and data on the other.

Curunen · 4 Nov 2009 at 23:08

I'm in a similar situation, going to install W7 onto a 500GB F3, with similar partitions. Still debating on partition sizes though.