HDD setup choices..

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dudewotevr

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Hey y'all,

I've been surviving on a 250GB Seagate 7200.10 for aages, just bought a Samsung 1TB for R861.01 from Kalahari, question is:

I'm going to re-install so how should I set my system up?

1. OS: 250GB / Storage: 1TB

2. OS: 1TB (single partition) / Storage: 250GB

3. OS: 1TB (2 partitions, maybe like 100GB for OS and the rest for storage) / Storage: 250GB
 
Hi

I am in the axact same position as you. I also hav an old 320Gb and just bought the same drive from Kalahari.

I would say option 3 is the best. But I would have a bigger OS partition, maybe 200Gb.

I have heard all sorts of stories regarding partitioning eg you should have a seperate small partition for your page file and you should have a partition for your OS and install your programs on another partition, IMO this sounds ridiculous.

Hope this helps a little
 
My preference would be to to keep it one partition, just easier to manage etc...

If you however want to clone/backup your drive you'll need to split it.
i would say 100-200 GB is enough for main partition, you need to decide if you r going to store pics etc on it for example(these days they grow quickly with all the 10MP cams out there)
 
Don't worry too much about partitions; rather think about physical disks. Splitting OS/applications across spindles will improve performance....
 
Thanks everybody.

Conradl said:
Don't worry too much about partitions; rather think about physical disks. Splitting OS/applications across spindles will improve performance....
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So you would say number 1. ?
 
There is a good chance the the 1TB disk is faster, so OS should go on that, use the 250GB for applications.
 
Ok so if I quickly meta everyone's advice I'll do:

OS: 1TB (200GB OS, rest as storage) / 250GB for apps n games installs..

Shot y'all! Mucho appreciado!
 
I've just had the same thing pop up..

I've ended up doing the following

250GB for OS and apps (1 drive), 320GB, 400GB, 1TB, 1TB all as storage, all 1 partition per drive...
 
I would keep the 1TB drive for storage/data only. Put the OS on a smaller drive.
 
dudewotevr said:
Hey y'all,

I've been surviving on a 250GB Seagate 7200.10 for aages, just bought a Samsung 1TB for R861.01 from Kalahari, question is:

I'm going to re-install so how should I set my system up?

1. OS: 250GB / Storage: 1TB

2. OS: 1TB (single partition) / Storage: 250GB

3. OS: 1TB (2 partitions, maybe like 100GB for OS and the rest for storage) / Storage: 250GB
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Great price!!!

Now looking at getting one myself.

Anyone have any feedback on Samsung drives?
 
I had the same thing... 320GB (OS-single partition)... 1TB(everything else)
Works nice so that if your whole drive fails on the 320 you dont loose anything!
 
I have stopped partitioning drives for windows.. too many past experiences of adding or swapping drives and have the system change drive letters borking everything.

Keep stuff on different disks not partitions with windows
 
DAmn, there really is no consensus on this subject is there!

Wish some site or someone would do a thorough test on the matter, seems a relatively easy way to help optimise your system..
 
dudewotevr said:
DAmn, there really is no consensus on this subject is there!

Wish some site or someone would do a thorough test on the matter, seems a relatively easy way to help optimise your system..
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option 1 ;)

250GB disk for OS
1 TB for data

If the OS drive should fail one day you can easily swap it out and still have the data safely on another drive untouched.
 
dudewotevr said:
DAmn, there really is no consensus on this subject is there!

Wish some site or someone would do a thorough test on the matter, seems a relatively easy way to help optimise your system..
Click to expand...

There is lots out there. It all says that you should put your frequently used files on the fastest disk! In this case, it should be your 1TB - but you wont use it all for OS, you will also put data on it. This leaves your 250GB drive redundant, so you put your applications on it; also well known to improve performance.

The problem comes if you lose a drive, then how do you recover? I guess the only (relatively painless), way to lose a drive is if you have RAID :)
 
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