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Hey guys, I was reading this page: TweakHound - Tweak & Optimize Windows Vista
It says to quote -
His set up - TweakHound - How My Drives Are Setup- Proper Hard Drive Configuration Properly setting up your hard drive(s) allows for both increased performance and reliable backups.
To better understand what I mean, see how I do it: How My Drives Are Setup (I use Acronis Disk Director for partitioning.)
I'll guarantee you that if you didn't build your own computer or completely wiped the drive then your hard drive isn't properly partitioned.
Partitions - A quick example of a proper partition strategy for Vista:
Single Drive - Vista / Docs, or Vista / Docs / Other
Dual Drives - First Disk, Vista /Other
- Second Disk, Page File / Docs
If you have a Desktop:
-Add a second or even a third hard drive.
-Move your Page File and your Documents (and any other non-installed stuff) off the OS drive (I'll show you how later in this guide).
-Partition / Repartition your disks.
If you have a Laptop:
-Partition / Repartition your disks.
OK - my basic question is should I keep my program files on separate drive or partition than the main os? and does it help to partiton the main HD to separate these things?
I almost always keep all my pics, documents and media: ie movies in other partitions - usually external hard drives
1. 1st HD 80GB - all my os and program files
2. 2nd HD 40GB - all torrents etc
3. 5 external Hard Drives connected by fire wire or USB2 - for documents, and all other media
Should I place all my program files on HD 2 - the 40 GB drive and place torrent on external?
Yes I know the externals are way over the supposed limit, but they are all running at same time and have no noticeable cpu problem other than windows7 takes a lot longer than XP to search these drives even after they are indexed.
This is probably a much disputed topic, but am wondering what others on this forum think the best method is. Thanks
Thanks, Evan aka t41