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Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: OdiN
Originally posted by: DLeRium
People who don't partition... *sigh* People who don't backup regularly.. *sigh*
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I don't partition. No reason to. However, I do have multiple hard drives. I have 2 RAID 0 sets, one backup drive and two external backup/storage drives. For my absolute critical stuff I have it on my C: RAID for fast access, my internal backup drive and my external backup drive.
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There is a reason to partition. MY windows partition is fine to lose. I can reinstlal a billion times because all I lose is critical apps. All my outlook mail, documents are on a second partition. My entire laptop occupies a partition on my second drive's last partition.

Seagate 7200.8
16gb = Windows 32-bit
16gb = XP 64-bit
100gb = Junk/games/apps
100gb = Media/more junk/legacy

Hitachi 7K250
16gb = Windows backup
69gb = download directory, raw unprocessed files, some backup of mission critical data, continuation of media
69gb = copy of laptop, backup of legacy stuff

I have 2 copies of my MP3s and two copies of my photos on 2 separate machines and 2 copies of my webpages and documents. Mirrored on laptop and desktop so I can go wherever I want and be up to date.

Windows crashed on me last week. I booted into D: (XP 64-bit) backed up the few AIM logs I had and a few documents that I was done with but nevertheless I wanted to save them. Reformatted C: and reinstalled XP 32-bit. I was up and running again in 2 hrs.

2 years ago my DeathStar crashed and a partition disappeared. I booted from my secondary drive which also has Windows and I was backing up and recovering all I could soon enough.

Always a good idea to have a second instlalation of windows, especially on a secondary drive.
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No...still no reason to partition for me. Yes...I have "critical" data on my C: drive, but I could still format it at a whim and have all my data safe and sound. I would have to reload apps of course.

I have it set so that if I lose any RAID array or drive I would still have all my data...in fact I could lose my internal backup AND my primary RAID and still have my data. That is highly unlikely though.

I don't need my mail/documents on a seperate partiton since they are regularly backed up onto other drives.

I have no need for a second install of windows on another partition because if I need to get into a drive I can just boot to Windows PE and take care of business or just toss the drive on another system.

I've always been pretty anal about backing up and it has served me well. Worst that happens is sometimes I have lost a few web bookmarks or something insignificant.
 
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