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Hard Drive Partition Question

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wayliff

Lifer
Hi guys

I have a seagate Barracuda ATA-100 with 40.0GB

I was just wondering about the performance impact on the hard drive if I have it partitioned.
I currently have it partitioned in the following way:

C: 32.3GB
D: 4.87GB

Would it run faster if I remove the partition?

Answers appreciated.

Thank you
 
Just to add.

I'm currently running Windows 2000 Pro SP4 with NTFS.
And the reason I have the other partition is to store some docs and some music.
 
No, there really is no performance penalty for partitioning your system. I do mine just the opposite (5 gig C, rest on D) so that system reloads are less painful and there's less thinking like, "Did I back up everything?" since I keep no important data on my C drive.
 
So in your 5 Gig partition you only have OS and vital software?

on your bigger partition I guess games, any other stuff.

That sounds like a good idea...just for the fact of reloading the OS.
 
That's been my MO for years: l'il C for OS and proggies, big D for media, games and otherwise archived files.
 
Originally posted by: Auric
That's been my MO for years: l'il C for OS and proggies, big D for media, games and otherwise archived files.
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Do you put all your programs on C, including Game programs? Or do you put some programs on D?
 
Programs on C. Games completely on D: (full installs, sometimes with CD images as necessary when no-CD cracks are not available). Just backup the config files if they are installed in the game's folder (which is usually).
 
Originally posted by: borgmang
Originally posted by: Auric
That's been my MO for years: l'il C for OS and proggies, big D for media, games and otherwise archived files.
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Do you put all your programs on C, including Game programs? Or do you put some programs on D?
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that's usually the way to do it as you're going to have to reinstall the games and software when you reinstall the OS anyway, so you might as well keep them together.
 
Originally posted by: NeoMadHatter
Originally posted by: borgmang
Originally posted by: Auric
That's been my MO for years: l'il C for OS and proggies, big D for media, games and otherwise archived files.
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Do you put all your programs on C, including Game programs? Or do you put some programs on D?
Click to expand...

that's usually the way to do it as you're going to have to reinstall the games and software when you reinstall the OS anyway, so you might as well keep them together.
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I'm planning on running Raptors in Raid 0 and 250 WDSE as backup/archive. Would you then suggest partitioning the raid 0 to a certain size for OS only, then rest of raid 0 for all programs (including games)? Also, some friends have suggested a seperate swap file? - if that makes sense - where would I locate the swap file? Any and all input would be greatly appreciated - Thanks.
 
Partitioning is completely your preference, what suits one doesnt suit another. That said, i'd suggest something like:

c: OS @ 5gb
d: programs/games @ the rest
e: files/backup @ the rest
f: swap file @ 2gb


The letter assignments are just arbitary, order them however. Which drive to put them on is also completely up to you, i would probably choose:

c: OS [Raptor]
d: programs [raptor]
e: files [WDSE]
f: swap [?]

The advantages of configuring like this are the OS is on the fastest disk, as are programs. both of these will benefit more from the fast disk than your files, unless I suppose you read and write huge files - I'm thinking you'll appreciate BF1942 loading maps in record time more than waiting that extra second for a stored DVD backup. The OS is on its own partition as this allows for pretty quick and easy ghosting - if you mess up the OS you can quickly copy it back, programs and games wont need reinstalling and their on seperate disk and their registry entries will be in the ghost (ok except for programs installed since the previous ghost backup). Files are also on a seperate disk to programs as this should minimise issues in multitasking - installing or loading a program onto the raptor while loading files from the WDSE should have minimal performance impact on each other (the WDSE will be on a seperate ATA cable of course). Personally i might have another 5gig partition for temporary "burn to dvd sometime later" archives on the WDSE in addition.

The swap file i'm not certain on as on the one hand it helps to have it on a less-used disk so it's not interrupting or being interrupted by other hard drive activity, which you may notice as things jerk for a tiny amount of time. on the other hand, the raptor is such a quicker drive so it may be better there (which i suspect). The wdse isnt exactly a slow driver though... swap file gets its own partition to minimise fragmenting.


 
Well, sounds like a plan. It'll take me sometime before I do it because I do have a lot of stuff in C, including games.
 
Originally posted by: Davegod
Partitioning is completely your preference, what suits one doesnt suit another. That said, i'd suggest something like:

c: OS @ 5gb
d: programs/games @ the rest
e: files/backup @ the rest
f: swap file @ 2gb


The letter assignments are just arbitary, order them however. Which drive to put them on is also completely up to you, i would probably choose:

c: OS [Raptor]
d: programs [raptor]
e: files [WDSE]
f: swap [?]

The advantages of configuring like this are the OS is on the fastest disk, as are programs. both of these will benefit more from the fast disk than your files, unless I suppose you read and write huge files - I'm thinking you'll appreciate BF1942 loading maps in record time more than waiting that extra second for a stored DVD backup. The OS is on its own partition as this allows for pretty quick and easy ghosting - if you mess up the OS you can quickly copy it back, programs and games wont need reinstalling and their on seperate disk and their registry entries will be in the ghost (ok except for programs installed since the previous ghost backup). Files are also on a seperate disk to programs as this should minimise issues in multitasking - installing or loading a program onto the raptor while loading files from the WDSE should have minimal performance impact on each other (the WDSE will be on a seperate ATA cable of course). Personally i might have another 5gig partition for temporary "burn to dvd sometime later" archives on the WDSE in addition.

The swap file i'm not certain on as on the one hand it helps to have it on a less-used disk so it's not interrupting or being interrupted by other hard drive activity, which you may notice as things jerk for a tiny amount of time. on the other hand, the raptor is such a quicker drive so it may be better there (which i suspect). The wdse isnt exactly a slow driver though... swap file gets its own partition to minimise fragmenting.
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Thanks - this sounds good, and makes sense. Just one last ? - Which drive would you recommend to store and run the images of my games/cd's that I burn with Alcohol 120%. Based on above example - Drive C,D,E, or if I use F.
 
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