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Help! I've never partitioned a drive
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Lambert
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Old Dec 3, 2007, 08:16 PM Local time: Dec 4, 2007, 02:16 AM #1 of 23
30GB for OS partition under windows xp? Damn!

The OS partition should be as small as it could be. The reason is fragmentation of files. After a few weeks without defragmenting files are divided into parts laying in different areas of partition. To read a whole file HDD's head has to find every "piece" of that file. Bigger partition=longer jumps of the head=longer file reading.

Depending on other software, I suggest keeping the OS partition as small as it possible. I prefer 10GB partition for OS.

The same rule applies to other partitions.
bigger partition=longer reading time of fragmented fles.

Jam it back in, in the dark.
Lambert
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Old Dec 4, 2007, 06:41 AM Local time: Dec 4, 2007, 12:41 PM #2 of 23
My laptop has an 80GB drive
I admit, maybe on larger drives the difference won't be so significant.

There's nowhere I can't reach.
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