Does installing Apps/Games to another partitions slow down/speed up loading times?

[Oobie-]

Hey guys,
Just wanted to know if you would notice a slow down or a speed up in load up times for both applications and games if you installed them to another partition?

With that, would windows load any quicker?

Thanks

[ikonia]

nope

[Moby-Dick]

If the partition was on a physically separate drive you might get a small increase , but I challenge you to notice it.

[Oobie-]

Coolio, cheers guys

[z80]

Windows loading time will not speed up no.

Loading of apps in theory should be faster if loading from a drive other than the one your operating system is installed on. It would need to be a physically different drive though, not a separate partition on the same physical drive.

[Nick F]

I always found it quite a good idea to install game sin a different partition, you will find it easier to defrag and keep clean.

If you also have Steam you won't need to download everything again if you need to reinstall Windows.

[McClane]

If you also have Steam you won't need to download everything again if you need to reinstall Windows.

Steam has a backup function so you don't need to redownload all your games

[Oobie-]

yea, I already backup my steam gcf files. I dont use the in-steam backup, I just copy them over to my other partition