Macbeast
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 08:13 AM |
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Configure Hard Drive ?
My new computer has 160Gb hard drive which seems to be partitioned into C and D drives. Everything so far has gone onto C drive (Vista plus Office
40Gb and counting :O )
What's the best way to use these? Drag all documents and pictures etc to the D drive ?
I hate Vista btw - how that was supposed to be an improvement beats me 
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madmandegge
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 08:24 AM |
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I don't think it'll make too much of a difference, if it's one drive into two partitions moving stuff won't give any speed
benefit.
Don't see any reason why you can't use D: though, just keep a backup 
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Macbeast
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 08:26 AM |
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So it'll just overflow automatically into the D drive when C is full ?
Both C and D are 80 Gb btw
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Humbug
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 08:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
So it'll just overflow automatically into the D drive when C is full ?
Both C and D are 80 Gb btw
No, it won't automatically overflow. If you fill up one logical drive (C or D) it will just think it is full - you will have to move stuff from
one to the other, or install new stuff in a different place... or adjust the partition sizes, which is more complicated and risky unless you have
somewhere you can copy all your data to temporarily while doing the repartitioning.
O/T - I just bought a laptop for my son in preparation for going to uni, and I ending up paying extra for thd same machine to have XP instead of
Vista- XP's not perfect by any means, but at least it's been around for long enough that most of the nasties have been fixed.
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vinny1275
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 08:39 AM |
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It won't automatically start doing anything when one is full, except complain... 
I tend to keep windows on C: and all my data on D: - but then I'm a techy and end up rebuilding windows a lot. Keeping your data on D: will help
protect you from software problems, but not a complete hard drive failure. Make sure you keep a backup of anything you want to keep on DVD or a
removeable HD.
Cheers
vince
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Ivan
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 12:12 PM |
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Have always kept all my data on D drive and program files on C - makes backing up data, transferring data to other drives or reloading of Windows with
re-format of drive C so much easier as you know your data is safe and you don't have to search for it in all sorts of obscure corners to make
sure it's backed up.
Also means you can have a smaller C drive and larger D drive if you know approximately what you need for software. Generally 60 to 80 Gig is enough
for software and the rest can be allocated to D.
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Humbug
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 02:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
Have always kept all my data on D drive and program files on C - makes backing up data, transferring data to other drives or reloading of Windows with
re-format of drive C so much easier as you know your data is safe and you don't have to search for it in all sorts of obscure corners to make
sure it's backed up.
Also means you can have a smaller C drive and larger D drive if you know approximately what you need for software. Generally 60 to 80 Gig is enough
for software and the rest can be allocated to D.
...except for all the configuration and settting files that are held in the depths of C:\Documents and Settings
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Macbeast
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| posted on 11/7/08 at 05:08 PM |
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Ty all
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