Partition Issue - FAT32, temp, Wins, Prog File, Doc&Set, Personal Data

[WaiWai]

Partition Issue - FAT32, temp, Wins, Prog File, Doc&Set, Personal Data

I would like to ask for comments/suggestions for the following partition plans:

C: FAT32 drive + SWAP/pagefile, temp, no-need-keep files - 3GB
I will format all my drives as NTFS. But I don't know if it is a good idea to keep a FAT32 drive. To me it seems safe to keep just in case it needs. (eg I think DOS can only read FAT32, right?) <-- Tell me why if you don't suggest this. 😛
But it is a waste to put a FAT32 drive empty. So I use this drive to put some rubbish, or temporary files. These files include:
- pagefile.sys
- user temp and system temp files
- log files
- Internet temporary files
- cookies, recent, history etc.
- leave space for some stubborn programs which will install here
(PS: I woud like to move Hiberfil.sys to there too, but I don't think I can. Please comfirm it!)

D: Donwload Buffer Zone - 5GB
When you download stuff, there will be quite many read/write process. Do you agree? So I would like to keep it in one specific drive. Reasons:
- easy management (ie all downloads are there)
- avoid fragmentation split

After I finished the downloads, I will move them to my prsonal data drives.


E &amp;/or F: ??? Doc and Settings(D&amp;S), Program Files(PF), Windows(Wi) ???

I wonder which one I should implement:
E: Doc and Settings(D&amp;S), Program Files(PF), Windows(Wi) - 30GB
OR
E: Windows(Wi) - 10GB
F: Doc and Settings(D&amp;S), Program Files(PF) - 20GB

Which one would you suggest, and most importantly, why?

You may consider the following factors:
- fragmentation rate
- performance
- reliabilty/stability
- Cloning issues (eg by Norton Ghost)


G: More-frequently altered personal data (eg desktop, documents, texts, notes in My Documents) - 20GB

H: Less-frequently altered personal data (eg programs, movies, films) - the rest of free space


So do you have any comments/suggestions about the above partiton plan?
Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[idea]

How are you planning to relocate Documents and Settings... ?

 

[WaiWai]

Someone told me a way to change the default locations of all 3 major folders, ie D&amp;S, PF, Wi during the installation.
It got the information but is not available at that moment (I am away now).

 

[WaiWai]

It is related to placing a winnt.ini during the Win installation.

 

[duragezic]

Ummm, way way too complicated and not worth the time. What's wrong with having your stuff on one partition/drive?? I have all my installed stuff (30gb) as c:, and any saved docs, executables, music, etc etc on another partition for when c: needs formatting. And then another drive for whatever (and a linux install). They're all NTFS. I wouldn't worry about fragmentation. Hardly an issue usually, and if it does get really fragmented to where it affects performance, just defragment it.