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If you have Partion magic you can resize all of your paritions as much as you want
Yes, that is fine.
Another reason for using two partitions ( C: and D: ), one for applications and one for data, is that you can format C: with an NTFS filesystem and D: with a FAT32 partition. This makes it a bit easier to recover the data should you trash your OS as FAT32 can be read by virtually any OS.
Just to add my 2p's worth and give an example.
I have two 160 gig sata drives in a raid 0 format so in effect I have one large 360 gig drive. I partition this as follows.
C: Windows XP - 10 gig
D: Applications - 20 gig (bit large, only using 5 gig atm)
E: Storage - 100 gig (music, dvd's etc)
G: Games - 130 gig (only games installed to this drive)
I back up important data on a seperate 80 gig ide drive F: (which also contains my paging file/ virtual memory)
Why do I do this you ask? Well I find that this way my C: drive (windows) stays less fragmented and therefore keeps good performance.
It keeps everything neat and tidy.
If I ever corrupt windowsI know that a quick reformat of the C: drive will not mean that I have to erase/lose all my other data. By keeping a backup of the registry (windows can do this for you) I can just reinstall that and I'm back in business.
Tools for the upkeep include,
Partition Magic (it's magic, it says so)
Diskeeper (better defragmenting tool than standard windows one) version 8 seems to work ok with sata drives.
Regcleaner (keep it all nice and clean)
Self Discipline(making sure I file my data where it should go and BACK UP to CD regularly)
yeah but my bro mixed a ntfs with fat32 on one hard drive and it broke down...
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NTFS is a technically better file system than FAT32, I'd not want to mix them together myself if it could be helped, if worst comes to worst you can always remove your HD and pop in into a friends PC with XP and get anything really important off it
i doubt that would break it
most hard drive failures are of a physcal nature i doubt that different formats could damage it , ive had my raptor split accross fat32 and ntfs for months now dunno how it happened must not have been payin attention when installing it will all be back to ntfs when i do my next re install
So the best way is to have my hard drive is:
C - Windows - 10GB
D - Pagefile/programs/documents - 150GB
So how do i move my documents over to D?
As I've never liked the idea of logical partitions, I'd not thought of that, but very useful.Originally Posted by Taz
Agreed. Increased cluster size aside, with all the benefits of NTFS, I don't see a reason to choose FAT32, and certainly wouldn't want to mix them under WinXP.
Moving your personal documents is easy. Simple drag and drop in Windows, or by CLI in a DOS window.
To move the contents of your 'My Documents' folder, right-click 'My Documents' on the desktop > Properties > Target: Move
Moving Program Files, ie: files associated with a current installation of an application or game, I would not recommend. Add/Remove where appropriate, and then re-install the app to the alternative target - either that or spend a fair while finding and editing registry entries..
If money were no object, running 3 hard discs in a RAID 5 configuration would be the best choice. You could partition the array however you wanted for managability, and yet still have all your data striped across three independent drives for a fair level of redundancy and performance. But that's another OT...
HTH,
S.
Thanks, so if i was to go into C:/ and drag documents and settings over to D:/ it would all work including shortcuts?
No you can't just move the docs and settings folder over it's it's got environment variabled tied to it.
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I personally prefer partioning the drive if its a fair size. I have my drive split in two so that when Windows decides to get itself into a major messed up state I can safely format the windows partition without losing any important data (I store everything on the 2nd partition)
No, the 'Documents and Settings' folder contains all of your Windows User profile data, not just your personal documents. Move all of that structure, and you're asking for trouble.
'C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\My Documents' is the path to the contents of your 'My Documents' folder on your desktop. You can move the contents of this by hand, and redirect 'My Documents' shortcut, or use the "MOVE" function as I said already.
As Kez and I have said, you SHOULD not ramdomly move profile data or program files by hand, otherwise Windows won't know where to find stuff when it looks for it!
By all means, partition your drive the way you have chosen to, but be sure to install apps and save documents to the right target from the word go, in a fresh OS install. Unless you know exactly what you're doing when migrating live data on mature installation, it can all go pear shaped very easily.
S.
This is true you should be very careful moving the Docs and Settings. I leave mine on the 10gig C with XP and put all my progs on partition D and music, vids and page file on drive E which is seperate physical disk. That way the Docs and settings folder doesn't really take up hardly any room and it doesn;t mess anything up
By all means change the Program Files location but beware of the docs and settings..
Right, thanks guys. Think i got it now, just a case of moving the folder 'my documents' and changing C:\ in the target folder to D:\q
Thanks
Ben
Dont want to leave it on a small partition because i store EVERYTHING i download/work/rip from cd/dvd in the my documents folder. Dont store anything anywhere elseThis is true you should be very careful moving the Docs and Settings. I leave mine on the 10gig C with XP and put all my progs on partition D and music, vids and page file on drive E which is seperate physical disk. That way the Docs and settings folder doesn't really take up hardly any room and it doesn;t mess anything up
By all means change the Program Files location but beware of the docs and settings..
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