partitioning a 100 gig drive HELP!

[DaviDaVinci]

So, how should i partition a 100 gig drive? Any suggestions? I'll be running win XP.
thanks
Davi

 

[erikiksaz]

Gee, 100 gigs is a toughie. I would probably do something along the lines of :

Primary Partition - 20-40 gigs - Windows, apps
Secondary Partition - the rest - backup files.

 

[dionx]

this question has been asked so many times i think its even in the FAQ, but here is my suggestion

10; 20; 70

10 for OS and apps
20 for non multimedia documents like school, etc
70 for mp3s and videos and game installs


for my 60GB hd, its:
10 os and apps
20 for non-multimedia documents
30 for mp3s and game installs

 

[DaviDaVinci]

i know i know, i just wanted to get more suggestions. thanks .

 

[chuckieland]

i do 8gb each drive

 

[DaviDaVinci]

My main concern is the OS/APPS partition. I'm going to have 2 partitions. One for operating system/applications and the other for storage. Thanks again.

 

[Raspewtin]

i did mine this way

9.76/63.8/19.5

smallest one = winxp
biggest one = data/apps
third one = high overturn stuff (keeps your fragmentation on this drive) + you can switch it over for use with a 2nd os

 

[gnurbmaster]

I divided my 100 GB drive into a 20 GB partition for Windows XP (NTFS) and most applications I run and the rest as a data partition (also NTFS) for movies, mp3, photos etc. That way it's less hassle if I have to reinstall the OS at some point (than it would be if I had it all on one huge partition).

 

[LordOfAll]

I've been thinking about this lately. My next redo will look like this.

1 GB OS partition-just the OS
1 GB swap file partition-just the swap file
Data partition-office data (word processor, spread sheet, etc...)
Program partition-productivity programs
game partition-games
media partition-mp3, mpeg, etc...

This makes it easy to fit the os partition on to one ghost image and burn it to cd. You dont have to worry about turning off the swap file to defrag. Data is also easy to ghost and burn. The data partition size should reflect what you do. Basic office stuff it could be small. If you do video editing or CAD you may want it larger. The OS and data partitions are the ones you absolutely do not want to lose. Programs and games can just be reloaded.

 

[LordOfAll]

Forgot to mention. If you want to run more than one os each should have its own 1 gb partition.

 

[iluvdeal]

<< I divided my 100 GB drive into a 20 GB partition for Windows XP (NTFS) and most applications I run and the rest as a data partition (also NTFS) for movies, mp3, photos etc. That way it's less hassle if I have to reinstall the OS at some point (than it would be if I had it all on one huge partition). >>



Would there be any problems if you installed XP on a NTFS partition and had a FAT32 partition? For example could you copy/move files between the two without any problems?

BTW, I use Win98 right now. If I don't shutdown properly, Windows will scandisk each partition on my drive on the next bootup, does XP still do that? Must take forever for a 100GB drive.

 

[erikiksaz]

Lordofall, i don't think having a partition for the swap file will help any. The only time you'd want to move the swap is when you put it on a different PHYSICAL drive.

 

[HereThereandEverywhere]

I suggest maybe a 1:5 ratio with the OS:Storage...especially with something that big...

 

[gnurbmaster]

<< Would there be any problems if you installed XP on a NTFS partition and had a FAT32 partition? For example could you copy/move files between the two without any problems? >>



Sure, WinXP will happily read/write both NTFS and FAT32, no problems whatsoever. But if you don't have to access the drive from some other OS (which can't read/write NTFS, e.g. some Linux dists) I'd recommend NTFS over FAT32.

 

[CocaCola5]

I wouldn't want any partition larger than 20 GB unless you have a few other drives in the system.

 

[DaviDaVinci]

I think i will do 15 gig for OS and APPS and the rest for Storage of mp3s, movies, pictures, etc.... or maybe 10. I just want enough and i dont think i'd ever use more then 10 for OS and APPS. What do you guys think about having a 10 gig and rest for storage, plus once i partition the drive, i'm not going to get a total of 100 gigs. it's always a lot less. i'm guessing like 94 or 92.
Thanks
Davi

 

[c0rv1d43]

Me like one partition. Easier to count.

- Collin

 

[Turkey22]

What OS are you using LordOfAll? Because usually I have windows by itself and it doesn't fit in 1 gig. I made a 4.5 gig just to be safe when I upgrade to XP. You can always split the ghost image so it's on multiple cd's.

I don't normally put my apps with my OS, because then it's smaller to backup (ghost) and if you are imaging then when you slap it back on it still thinks your programs are there. I guess if I didn't have ghost I wouldn't mind though because you have to reinstall all your programs anyway, well most of em if you want them to work.

 

[LordOfAll]

Putting the swap file on its own drive is for defragging purposes. It is for convienience not for speed. That way you never have to turn it off or defrag around it and you are assured that it stays in one continous block.

I use w98, XP and Redhat 7. You are right XP wont fit in 1 gig. Will fit in 1.5 though.

 

[Strych9]

I personally like 1 partition for OS, 1 partition for Apps and then the rest for Data, etc.

 

[Raspewtin]

<< i'm guessing like 94 or 92. >>




good guess! you will get 93

 

[CocaCola5]

I believe, seperating the OS and APPs makes sense only on two or more drives.

 

[DaviDaVinci]

so that's it then, 10 gigs for OS/APPS unless anyone has any objections?

Thanks for the input guys.

Davi