What's your Partitioning Scheme?

[WilsonTung]

I have a 10.2 GB hard drive, which is partitioned as such

C Drive: 2 GB, used for Windows XP
D Drive: 2 GB, used for Program Files
E Drive: 6 GB, used for Data

I don't install programs that often, so C and D drives don't fragment easily. I keep all my documents and stuff on E drive. Perhaps when I get a new computer a few years from now I will give the swap file it's own partition.

Any thoughts?

 

[AMDPwred]

Right now it's just one. My C drive is 20GB and holds everything. I used to dual boot Win2K and RH7.1. It was C 15GB, D 5GB then.

 

[Rob9874]

I quit partitioning after reading on the FAQ's that it's just not worth the hassle. I have a 40GB hd and a 27GB hd. I'm willing to lose a few GB to have one large drive.

 

[Snapster]

2 Hd's, 1x40, 1x30. Both 100% partitions.

 

[S0me1X]

3 GB - Windows 2000
38 GB - Mostly Anime that hasn't been backed up to CDs, with some MP3s
35 GB - Games/Applications/Documents

 

[dawks]

Computer #1:
C: 6GIGs (WinXP and Programs)
D: 33GIGs (Music, Videos..)

Computer #2:
C: 15.5GIGs (WinXP)
D: 3.5GIGs (Win2K Advanced Server)

 

[John]

(1) 80GB 120GXP as one giant c:

 

[Amused]

I have 4 100GB drives in RAID-0. All one big partition. In my old box I have 2 45 GB drives in RAID-0, all one big partition.

 

[JetBlack69]

C: Used to be my Windows 98 partition, 2 gig
D: Mp3s, 10 gig
E: Windows xp, 4 gig
F: Applications, 12 gig
G: Games, 10 gig
H: Swap, 500Mb
I: Movies, 20 gig
J: Downloads, 5 gig
K: My Documents, 6 gig
L: Misc, 25 gig

That's about 100 gigs!!!

 

[Wolfsraider]

35.6 win xp pro

7.27 win 98 se

dual booting on a single 43 gig hard drive

 

[Muerto]

Just one 45GB partition with Win2K on it. I used to dual boot 2K/98, it was 2GB 98, 8GB 2K, 35GB everything else.

 

[oldfart]

<< I quit partitioning after reading on the FAQ's >>


That FAQ is just one guys opinion that many here don't agree with.

My setup:

C: 10 Gig Win2k, system level programs, paging file, NAV, system utilities, etc
D: 30 Gig Program files, games, etc
E: 20 Gig Data. Downloads, updates, drivers, zipped archived files, etc

All are NTFS, no compression. Partitioning is a personal preference type thing. Everyone has their own preferences on what is best for them.

 

[Paragon1]

JetBlack, thats insane

Folders do the same thing you know

 

[yomega]

C: 6GB - Win2k
D: 8GB - Games
E: 8GB - Apps
F: 13GB - Data, Mp3s, etc...
and 11GB for Linux

 

[stevewm]

C: Drive: 4.4GB for Win2k Pro/Apps

2GB for BeOS 5.0.3

D: Drive: 8.4GB for mp3, documents, etc....

Only have a 15GB HD, need to upgrade :\

I've got Outlook Express and IE set to store my mail and favorites on D:. Much easier to reinstall the OS that way

 

[Om]

I use to use very small partitions like yourself for my OS's and large partitions to install programs and files until I benchmarked my system with programs used that were on seperate partitions and found I was losing noticable performance.
Now I use 6GBs for my C: win98SE with programs, 6GB for XP and programs, and the rest is storage of files and backups on my 60GB drive.

 

[Mltsao]

Used to be 20Gig (WinXP) w/ 10Gig (Win2k)

Now i only use WinXP on all my machines.

 

[WilsonTung]

<< I quit partitioning after reading on the FAQ's that it's just not worth the hassle >>


Hmm... I'd have to disagree with that FAQ. First, partitioning isn't that hard - PartitionMagic or even Windows NT/XP's partitioning command line utility is pretty easy to use. Second - If my OS goes down, I don't loose my data. I just reformat the C: drive, reinstall windows, and I'm good to go.

 

[human2k]

i have a seagate barracuda IV 40gb dual booting. C: 10gb winME, d:10gb winXP, e:20gb storage

 

[Scootin159]

A: 3.5" Floppy
B: Digital Camera
C: Windows XP (9GB)
D: Windows 2000 (9GB)
E: Files (15GB)
F: mp3 (15GB)
G: Archives (50GB)
H: Backup (40GB)
I: New Movies (20GB)
J: Temp Drive (15GB)
K: DVD-ROM
L: Courses Network Drive
M: CD-RW
N: WebHome Network Drive
O: CD-ROM
P: Apps Network Drive
S: Student Network Drive

A & B: Removable Disks
C & D: Quantum 10k III u160 SCSI 18GB Drive
E,F&G: Seagate Barracudda IV 80GB IDE
H,I&J: Seagate Barracudda IV 80GB IDE
K,M&O: Optical Disks
L,N,P&S: Network Drives

 

[Sunner]

One 5 GB slice for WinXP
One 45 GB slice for Windows programs, and mp3's and movies
One 10 GB slice for Linux&Linux programs.

I've never seen the point in having lots of different slices for everything, all I need is the ability to reformat my Windows parition without losing my data.

 

[JetBlack69]

<< JetBlack, thats insane

Folders do the same thing you know >>



True, but I don't want to defrag a 60 gig hard drive when only 5 gigs need it.

 

[benjamit]

i use to partition but its a pain and so is dual booting

just have more than one drive

and when you only have one drive partition it 50/50 like in an imac or laptop

 

[GreenLantern]

<< I use to use very small partitions like yourself for my OS's and large partitions to install programs and files until I benchmarked my system with programs used that were on seperate partitions and found I was losing noticable performance. >>

Why would this be??????

 

[goog]

Two 30GB drives in RAID 0.
C=53.3GB
D=3.89GB for WinXP Pro dual boot