I'm definitely going to run XP on my new PC. I would like to have Vista, if only for the fact that eventually it will be useful (i.e. apps that will ONLY run on it...) and maybe for those DX10 games.
A few questions for you all.
I'm going with a Hitachi 1TB drive. Cooler/quieter/etc. than multiple single drives. Will be having an external backup solution so I can back things up.
Given this, how would you install/partition? I'd been thinking of parttions for each OS and apps. All data would go on a larger "data" partition (i.e. downloads, save games, Music, movies, etc...) that can be shared among each of the OS's I install.
(Definitely will have Vista & XP, been thinking of a Ubuntu Linux partition for playing around)
Or, would you install al your apps to a common "Program files" directory (assuming for XP and Vista) and let them share it? Some may work that way, some many not, given my experience. What would you guys and gals do?
A few questions for you all.
I'm going with a Hitachi 1TB drive. Cooler/quieter/etc. than multiple single drives. Will be having an external backup solution so I can back things up.
Given this, how would you install/partition? I'd been thinking of parttions for each OS and apps. All data would go on a larger "data" partition (i.e. downloads, save games, Music, movies, etc...) that can be shared among each of the OS's I install.
(Definitely will have Vista & XP, been thinking of a Ubuntu Linux partition for playing around)
Or, would you install al your apps to a common "Program files" directory (assuming for XP and Vista) and let them share it? Some may work that way, some many not, given my experience. What would you guys and gals do?
