Re: Recommended size of OS partition?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:19 +0000, Terry Pinnell
<terrypin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The PC will run under XP Pro and have 2 x 750 GB drives. Masses of
storage because for one thing I'm into making DVDs and for another I
tend to horde old data files, ('just in case').

I've already thrown my tuppence in on partition sizes and layouts, so
just to comment on this: where will you be backing up to?

Keeping your backups in the machine is begging for trouble. Get them
outside, onto a separate platform. An external drive, preferably one
off on the network rather than directly attached by USB, is a cheap
and efficient way of doing this.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
Power corrupts, but intermittent power corrupts absolutely
-- Jeff Bell, asr
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