DualMonitors
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i have just built a new machine: Vista Ultimate, 2 X seagate 500gb hard drives. the 2nd drive arrived DOA so i only had one to work with initially during assembly.
i partitioned the Drive 1: Vista C (30gb) ; Programs D; Games E; Documents F; Backup G.
now, seeing that Vista Ultimate took up over 10gb (closer to 15gb) of my brand new machine's C partition's 30gb, i'm concerned about how long the 30gb total C partition for Vista would last, considering Service Packs, other utilities (they are typically small), and other things like virtual memory for ram needed, etc. BUT, i thought that 30gb should be enough.
Now, the big issue is whether or not to move Games E partition to drive #2 (also 500gb seagate which just got RMA'ed and arrived), and the Backup G also move to drive #2, and increase the partition C for Vista to something more like 60gb or more. and move Programs D over to where Games E was (since i'm thinking of moving Games E to drive #2).
My BIG CONCERN is how RELIABLE all this moving around really is? Corruption? With all the talk of all the Vista's own double checking and that, i still worry. Sometimes, issues don't become apparent for months and when they do, you have a BIG problem on your hands with all the work you've done over those several months!! you'd have NO idea what got corrupted and what didn't.
in Summary, my thoughts are that the upside of increasing my Vista C partition in Drive #1 from 30gb to something bigger (i.e. 50gb or 60gb or more) is limited, since 30gb should be enough, though not that generous, it ought to be enough, even including Service Packs and various utilities that i might install over time). The DOWNSIDES are very significant in that what would one do when we see months later that certain strange things are happening and unknown things are corrupted?
Are my fears unfounded? is Vista's partioning and data moving cross checking software highly reliable? OR, are my fears legitimate and that i should "leave good enough alone" since 30gb for the Vista Ultimate and its collateral stuff (incl various other utility programs) should really be plenty, despite it not being overly generous. Plenty is plenty, overly plenty doesn't do very much good either.
So i'm torn. i'd like more space for the Vista C, but i'm highly concerned about corruption and the moving around of such sensitive system stuff like programs and re-partitioning of the Operating System!
Any advice would be most appreciated! thx!
i partitioned the Drive 1: Vista C (30gb) ; Programs D; Games E; Documents F; Backup G.
now, seeing that Vista Ultimate took up over 10gb (closer to 15gb) of my brand new machine's C partition's 30gb, i'm concerned about how long the 30gb total C partition for Vista would last, considering Service Packs, other utilities (they are typically small), and other things like virtual memory for ram needed, etc. BUT, i thought that 30gb should be enough.
Now, the big issue is whether or not to move Games E partition to drive #2 (also 500gb seagate which just got RMA'ed and arrived), and the Backup G also move to drive #2, and increase the partition C for Vista to something more like 60gb or more. and move Programs D over to where Games E was (since i'm thinking of moving Games E to drive #2).
My BIG CONCERN is how RELIABLE all this moving around really is? Corruption? With all the talk of all the Vista's own double checking and that, i still worry. Sometimes, issues don't become apparent for months and when they do, you have a BIG problem on your hands with all the work you've done over those several months!! you'd have NO idea what got corrupted and what didn't.
in Summary, my thoughts are that the upside of increasing my Vista C partition in Drive #1 from 30gb to something bigger (i.e. 50gb or 60gb or more) is limited, since 30gb should be enough, though not that generous, it ought to be enough, even including Service Packs and various utilities that i might install over time). The DOWNSIDES are very significant in that what would one do when we see months later that certain strange things are happening and unknown things are corrupted?
Are my fears unfounded? is Vista's partioning and data moving cross checking software highly reliable? OR, are my fears legitimate and that i should "leave good enough alone" since 30gb for the Vista Ultimate and its collateral stuff (incl various other utility programs) should really be plenty, despite it not being overly generous. Plenty is plenty, overly plenty doesn't do very much good either.
So i'm torn. i'd like more space for the Vista C, but i'm highly concerned about corruption and the moving around of such sensitive system stuff like programs and re-partitioning of the Operating System!
Any advice would be most appreciated! thx!
