What is the best Hard disk partition ?

[thepankajnegi]

Hi All

I am confused about how much I should keep the partition in my new laptop, the reason is, I feel that disk partition do affects the system speed, I do not know whether I am correct or not.

I have a 700 GB hard disk presently with Win-7 Installed, I do not know how to do the partition when windows is installed, during installation I was unable to do the partition because 'new' button was disable.

I hope there is some way to do the partition after installing win-7. Please help tell the way to do the partition, also tell how many partition is optimum with what size.


regards
Pankaj

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Use Partition Wizard to create/modify partitions. There isn't really an optimal number of partitions - it depends entirely on how you choose to use them. Read this tutorial that explains how you use Partition Wizard:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/93322-partition-wizard-use-bootable-cd.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I hope there is some way to do the partition after installing win-7. Please help tell the way to do the partition, also tell how many partition is optimum with what size.

There is nothing at all wrong with having a single 700 GB partition on a 700 GB drive.

Some people (me included) might choose to split that up into maybe 100 for C and 600 for some other purpose (typically data), but not for performance reasons. Instead it's done because it can simplify backups, imaging, and Windows reinstallation. But it's hardly a necessity and most people don't do it.

Golden has the right tool for the job if you decide to do it---Partition Wizard.

 

[RommoR]

in my computer i don't partition my harddrive b'coz i use 2 harddrives, one for OS installation and the other for document and data, all apps along with the os installed in drive c and all documents, videos, music and other data in drive d

 

[thepankajnegi]

I hope there is some way to do the partition after installing win-7. Please help tell the way to do the partition, also tell how many partition is optimum with what size.

There is nothing at all wrong with having a single 700 GB partition on a 700 GB drive.

Some people (me included) might choose to split that up into maybe 100 for C and 600 for some other purpose (typically data), but not for performance reasons. Instead it's done because it can simplify backups, imaging, and Windows reinstallation. But it's hardly a necessity and most people don't do it.

Golden has the right tool for the job if you decide to do it---Partition Wizard.

Thanks ignatzatsonic, please suggest some partition for my hard disk, I will generally use it for Games and some multimedia and designing software. If I use a single drive like 400 GB as a primary drive and install all software including windows in it, won't it slow down the processing speed ??




regards
Pankaj

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Try the 100/600 combination ignatz suggested (you can always resize it later if you wish).

Partioning has no effect on processing speed whatsoever.

Regards,
Golden

 

[thepankajnegi]

Hi,

Try the 100/600 combination ignatz suggested (you can always resize it later if you wish).

Partioning has no effect on processing speed whatsoever.

Regards,
Golden

Thank you so much

 

[Golden]

 

[DirtRider]

I also prefer the additional HD option myself as said it has no impact on disk performance. I normally run with 2 internal and one external for backups of both internal drives

 

[whs]

Before you do any partition splitting, post a picture of your Disk Management. Chances are that you already have 4 primary partitions and you would get into a lot of trouble when you split a partition.

 

[thepankajnegi]

Before you do any partition splitting, post a picture of your Disk Management. Chances are that you already have 4 primary partitions and you would get into a lot of trouble when you split a partition.

Hi, my hard disk is 750 GB, in the disk management I can see only two partitions presently, one is around 650 GB NTFS and another is 8GB-FAt32.

I guess 8Gb is some reserved space, and my win-7 is installed in another drive of 650GB.

So here I want to do partition of 650 GB hard disk.

As suggested by you, I will post the image to get feedback from you and to avoid risk.

thanks

 

[whs]

If Disk Management shows only 2 partitions, you would have no problem. But that is unusual for an OEM installation. Usually there is at least another system partition and a recovery partition.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Before you do any partition splitting, post a picture of your Disk Management. Chances are that you already have 4 primary partitions and you would get into a lot of trouble when you split a partition.

Hello thepankajnegi, welcome to Seven Forums!


As has been suggested post a snip of a maximized Windows 7 disk management for us to look at for you, have a look at this tutorial linked below.

How to Upload and Post a Screenshot

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[thepankajnegi]

Hi All

I have managed to do partition successfully , thanks all

Long Live 7Forum.


PS: You can also try with system restore, make sure you restore it from the day the problem started.

regards
Pankaj