How do you set up your directories (windows)?

[ViralCryption]

I was wondering how other setup their windows hardrives. Do you have your OS on a seperate partition? Do you install everything in the root directory lie c:\opera or do you do something like \internet\opera or \browsers\mozilla? Always interested in how others do stuff, it may give me some new ideas.

 

[peto]

I have a partition for os, apps, games, storage (mp3s). It's probably not necessary but I'm anal.

 

[TheWart]

anal here as well, makes it easier to defrag and keep sloppy progs from screwing over other files. sometimes those sloppy progs need to be alowwed to install to default dir tho or they won't work.

 

[ViralCryption]

I do that, too. though I just merged apps and games. Howabout in the partitions themselves? Do you have graphics\adobe or just adobe\ for example?

 

[robisc]

You know I have my machine set up with different poartitions too, it makes sense to keep all data on a different partition than the OS, as we have all found out more than once with having to format and reinstall everything but my question is besides being a little more tidy what benefit is there to install proggies into a different partition, I mean if the OS partition craps out and you have to eiher reformat or reinstall, then even though your programs may be on lets say the "D:"
drive then they too would have to be reinstalled since they obviously place files in places other than the directory they are installed in.

 

[Saltin]

If you've only got one Hard Disk, then it is nice to have data like MP3's, Doc's, Driver packages, and utilities on seperate partition(s). Apps always need to be re-installed though.

 

[Nothinman]

If you've only got one Hard Disk, then it is nice to have data like MP3's, Doc's, Driver packages, and utilities on seperate partition(s). Apps always need to be re-installed though.

Not all apps need reinstall, infact nearly all of the (few, I admit) Windows apps I use work fine without reinstallation.

 

[Saltin]

What apps are those? Office ?

 

[FUBAR]

I put all the programs on one drive with the OS, all of my data/temporary crap on another one then store everything I care about on the network

MP3, and other media storage, is much nicer to have on my linux box so I can ftp in and get it later.... mmmm servers are good

 

[Nothinman]

What apps are those? Office ?

No, things like Mozilla, Photoshop, VirtualDub. I know office and things like that need reinstalled, but you'd be amazed at how many apps are fine without it.

 

[btvillarin]

On two hard drives, I just have a total of three partitions. On my main HD, I just have Windows XP & programs. On my backup HD, my first partiton is for the paging file, and the rest is my personal data. I don't keep any personal data on my main HD, so I can image it to my backup HD (using Drive Image). The other reason why is because my main HD is a 30GB IBM 75GXP, and I'm anticipating it's death. Although at 10 months, it's still running strong, without any problems. *sigh* Anxiety is setting within...

 

[Agrippa]

Just curious - why are you waiting for your HD to die after just 10 months? Especially if it's giving you no such indications? Personally I just pensioned off a 4,5 year old Maxtor I used to use for backup...and it was still as healthy as ever!

Agrippa

 

[Sunner]

I have a 60 GB harddrive, 45 GB dedicated to Windoze.

5 GB for the system, 40 for the rest, I've never seen the point in making tons and tons of slices for mp3's, games, etc etc, just makes it harder to get a good overview.

 

[Psychoholic]

<< I've never seen the point in making tons and tons of slices for mp3's, games, etc etc, just makes it harder to get a good overview. >>


Not to mention a pain in the butt if you want to resize. You must either copy back and forth and reformat or use third party software such as Partition Magic. It's so much less time consuming to move a few folders around as opposed to partitions.

 

[HexVector]

I use several partitions (more flexible for my needs) :

Windows: 3GBs
Swap: 1GB
Programs: 3GBs
Games: 10GBs
Data: 38GBs

All programs are dumped to E: with default names and I leave the categorization to the Start Menu (Graphics, Utilities, ect)

Why seperate everything? My data is important and I don't want to mix it with programs and other junk. Backups are also much easier, just select one partition for imaging.

Partitions are just higher level folders, no big deal.

 

[trmiv]

80GB hard drive

C: 2GB FAT32 Windows 98
D: 6GB NTFS Windows XP
E: 12GB FAT32
F: NTFS 60GB storage for XP

 

[mikysee]

45gig

C: win2k 5gig
D: winxp 5gig
E: install files 2gig
F: downloads 2gig
G: misc 1gig
H: music 5gig
I: games & os 14gig
J: videos 9gig

 

[btvillarin]

<< Just curious - why are you waiting for your HD to die after just 10 months? Especially if it's giving you no such indications? Personally I just pensioned off a 4,5 year old Maxtor I used to use for backup...and it was still as healthy as ever! >>


Because right when I bought it (I was going by a DIY PC article from THG), that family of IBM drivers started dying on people. So, I panicked (wouldn't you?). I didn't want all my files, the majority being 16.7GB of mp3s, programs I've downloaded and music videos, to be gone. I mean, I can't back up all that stuff. I know I have DSL, but that's a lot to redownload.

"I've never seen the point in making tons and tons of slices for mp3's, games, etc etc, just makes it harder to get a good overview."


<< Not to mention a pain in the butt if you want to resize. You must either copy back and forth and reformat or use a third party software such as Partition Magic. It's so much less time consuming to move a few folders around as opposed to partitions. >>


I have to agree with this as well. I mean, the time it'd take to do all this. Plus, the resizing...no use putting your HD through all that...

 

[potz]

C: (4 gigs)
\program files (everything)
\windows (xp pro)

D: (53 gigs)
\users (the documents and settings folder, just with a shorter name)
\music
\movies
\archive (downloaded files)
\www (web server root)