Re: Off topic - Windows 7 partitioning

John Bundy <[email protected]>
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I think keeping one drive (C) for everything avoids problems about
predicting how much room you would need in each of two partitions.  In my
google search I see a lot of people underestimated the C (OS drive). See:
http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/programs-keep-installing-to-d/174839.html

You should also think about your backup strategy as having your data on D
drive might simplify this.  I have worked at two major companies where they
had Programs and OS on C drive and user docs on D drive.   In the far past
limitations of FAT32 were an issue on max partition size, but with NTFS and
later there should be no issue.

John


On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Gene Jannece <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I remember correctly, i think the extra 100 megs partition acts as a
> emergency rescue disc. I've always just left it on. It's only a 100 megs out
> of a 1TB drive.
>
> Gene
>
> On Nov 26, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Jay Strauss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm curious if anyone has any opinions on when doing a fresh win 7
> install if one should use a single large partition (1TB) or if its better to
> do 2 partitions, system + data, 100GB and 900GB respectively and why?
> >
> > Google has not been helpful in determining.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jay
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