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How do you partition for hard drives (for users with 1TB and above)
How many partitions do you create?
What is the purpose of each partition?
How much space do you allocate to each of those partitions?
This is how I do it (for 1TB):
100GB - C:OS
800GB - D:Entertainment
100GB - E:Games
Do you make a partition specially for downloads?
Then you can designate that partition as your downloads folder on your web browser so that you don't have to keep transfering your downloads from the OS partition to the Entertainment partition.
Btw, if you install games on a separate partition, will any of the components of the game's installer be installed on your C:OS partition?
How can you check whether the installer of a program changes anything or adds anything into the factory files that were installed by Windows 7 DVD?
Eg An anti-virus program would most likely install various files into your C:\Windows even if you set its install directory into E:\Games. This is especially so since it changes the options that you have when you right-click on files.
On the other hand, if you were installing a simple program like mIRC and set its install directory to E:\Games, the mIRC installer would not install anything onto your C:\Windows.
Last edited by Ravanx; 29 Nov 2010 at 09:44.