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saikosys
November 5th, 2002, 18:03
I have a 80 gig HD and I want to split it into partitions... what is the best configuration?? I have now:

1. Windows Part. : 2 gig
2. Swap part. : 2 gig
3. 20 gig
3. 20 gig
4. 36 gig

Is this good or are the partitions too big? what do you think? is the windows partition too small?
Daniel
November 5th, 2002, 18:35
Actually, I think you got too many partitions. Partitions slow down your harddrive considerably.

1-3 partitions is optimal.
icicbiz
November 5th, 2002, 20:49
It really depends on what you use your system for....?

Since you have so much space, why not create some linux partitions and have a go at the latest Mandrake or Red Hat Linux, both have come a long way and are now usable desktops.*



* Having said that i still run win2k inside Vmware under Linux as i still find a use for Dreamweaver. ;-)

** And i do still have a win2k partition for playing bf1942. ;-)



Peter
Gonzo
November 5th, 2002, 21:48
What os you using?

the most you can have is 4 partions, I do believe.

What would make more since would be,

30GB Windows
500MB Swap File, * this will depend on the size of you RAM, it should be 2x the size of your RAM, I do believe. Can't be bothered to check.

and the rest for what ever you would want.
Ben
November 6th, 2002, 07:16
Originally posted by Gonzo
the most you can have is 4 partions, I do believe.
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aphel aura
November 6th, 2002, 11:52
Windows partition should be at least 10Gb.

If you have only one HDD, DON'T MAKE a swap partition, instead you should just put the swap in C:\, and make it fixed in size so that it will not become fragmented. Making a swap partition if you only have 1 HDD will only slows things down.

The rest of the space should be consolidated into a big --- single partition.

Note: Less partition = good!
Robert
November 6th, 2002, 11:57
<< 80gig Hard Drive - 7200RPM Seagate

C: WinXP (6gig)
D: Programs (20gig)
E: School Work (10gig)
F: My Crap (10gig)
G: Mp3s (30gig)

512mb of ddr ram and my system runs just fine.
Daniel
November 6th, 2002, 15:22
Originally posted by Robert
<< 80gig Hard Drive - 7200RPM Seagate

C: WinXP (6gig)
D: Programs (20gig)
E: School Work (10gig)
F: My Crap (10gig)
G: Mp3s (30gig)

512mb of ddr ram and my system runs just fine.

Only 76gb?