Re: Dell 9200 re-install or remove programs manually?

I disagree Chris, but partitioning choices are personal. I like the OS on
the outside of the HD, maybe it's faster. I like my data separated from the
OS so I can image the OS partition and backup my data as two distinct items.
Restoring an OS image is naturally much faster if it's an image of a smaller
partition and doesn't include your data. Most images are restored for
software reasons rather than for HD failure so most images are restored to
the same partition from which they were created. I also like to have another
partition for a second WinXP (hidden) so that I can test software before
committing it to my main OS. So my minimum is three partitions. Any more
does start to look like extra folders as you mentioned.



"Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ps. i would not split the drive into two partitions. i don't know why
people do this other than to create headaches further down the road when
one of the drive begins to run out of space. it seems to be a throwback
to when file systems had certain limitations with large disk support.
there is nothing that partitioning can do for you that creating a folder
on the same drive can't.


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