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Best Way to Partition 80 GB Harddrive?

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apemanttt

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Okay I just built a computer and installed a new 80 gig Maxtor drive. I'm new to partitioning so I'm not sure if I should even partition the hard drive. I will be using the computer to play games, store a lot of movies and games, to surf the web, play around, for school - just stuff like that.

Could someone please tell me about partitioning and how it will helps?

Thanks in advance.
 
Give yourself a 6-10 GB for your OS, and the rest is just how you want to organize it. I have my three drives partitioned into quite a few:

8GB for my OS
8GB for apps
8GB for internet programs
16GB for games
5GB for downloaded files, patches, etc
9GB for ripping DVDs (empty most of the time)
The remainder of 75GB for storying multimedia files

A dedicated OS partition is very nice for formatting/reinstalling Windows if it all goes to hell. You can blow away your OS and not lose your mp3s, documents, etc.
 
From Anandtech: "Why partitioning is not necessarily worth it"


However, I disagree with the article. Running a Scandisk or defrag on the entire 80 GB drive will take a looooong time.

I partitioned mine into 20 GB partitions.

 
Originally posted by: apemanttt
So is there any disadvantage to creating like 10 partitions over like 4?
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Other then losing your stuff occasionally because you've got so many drives (as I do now and then), there's no real disadvantage. You do have to individually defrag every drive, so it's kind of a chore to do it overnight
 
Okay this is what I'm thinking:

8 gb for the os
50 gb for everything
22 gb for backing up all my data




oh i have no idea, I think just a huge C drive would work for me since I'm going to back everything up on CDs. What should I do?
 
okay i think i decided on 4 20 gig partitions. Is that okay, will my OS be okay with 20 gigs or am I wrong in how I think partitioning works?
 
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