Partition or not ot partition?
 

Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?

Thanks.

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picker <patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
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> Thanks.
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If it`s the only harddrive that you`ve got in your system; you could save
yourself a lot of time by having more than one partition:-

ie: if your os crashes, and you`ve previously installed, and directed data
files (email, downloads,system drive backup) to another partition.

multibooting....:)

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Thanks Tim,


"picker" <patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
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> Thanks.
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OOPS "Colin" :0)



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> Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
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> Thanks.
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That`s ok, patsy:)

picker <patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> OOPS "Colin" :0)
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> "picker" <patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
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> > Thanks.
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Re: Partition or not ot partition?
 

picker wrote:
> Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
>
> Thanks.

I'll try to give you all sides of the argument. If you have Win98 or
earlier, just ignore everything below.

Right Hand: Stay with one partition. It's faster and you will always have
all the space you need available, instead of having two pieces of the space
you need. (Up to the size of the HD, of course.)

Other Hand: Split into two two partitions, one for your OS only, one for
your programs and data. It will allow you to easily reinstall OS when
necessary.

Third Hand: One partition for OS, one partition for programs, one partition
for data. Somewhat self-explanatory, but reasoning is that OS can be
handled as in second case, programs can stay pretty much static, and data,
which changes all the time, can be managed better and faster for ScanDisk
and Defragging.

Fourth Hand: One partition for OS, one for each program, one for each
program's data, and one extra partition "just in case". I don't recommend
this, because I don't know anyone with four hands. ;)


Having said all that, my PERSONAL preference is to just run with two
physical hard drives and avoid partitioning altogether. OS, TEMP files and
junk like that on first drive. Everything else on second.

If you MUST run one drive, then it comes down to what your needs are. If
your preference is raw speed, stick with one partition. Going beyond the
primary partition always has a slight cost to it. If this is not *that*
important to you, then adding another partition or two eases manageability.

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"colin" <colmac14@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> ie: if your os crashes, and you`ve previously installed, and directed
> data files (email, downloads,system drive backup) to another
> partition.
>

I fail to see how this aids in getting data back any easier, quite frankly

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"TV Slug" <yourshoesTV_slugandsocks@hotmail.com> wrote in news:FNo2c.19611
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> Going beyond the
> primary partition always has a slight cost to it.

Explain to me how there is a longer seek time for a hard drive when it's
accessing a partition other than the primary one on the disk please. Also,
explain what happens if there is no primary partition, just an extended
partition with logical drives. Do you have any idea what you are talking
about?

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Re: Partition or not ot partition?
 

So if i had an extra h/d (it would have to be usb) could i run my (music
applications) from one, and leave the rest - o/s etc, on the other and yet
access both simultaneously?

Regards.
"picker" <patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Re: Partition or not ot partition?
 

All drives are partitioned, I think you mean "are there benefits in multiple
partitions"

Derek

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:54:15 -0000, "picker"
<patriciabaylis@marcheslight.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi, what benefits would one gain by partitioning?
>
>Thanks.
>