Should I ....

[Verean]

Should I reinstall my windows 7 on a partition. Have have read that it increase performance. If i do would i be able to keep programs and personal info like pics and vids on the the larger partition.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

Do you mean install Windows to one partition, and install your programs and data to a separate one?

That will not improve performance any. However, it will make backing up easy in the event you need to reinstall Windows.

 

[Crispy]

You can do that but theother thing you would have to watch for is if the HDD dies all the info from the backup is gone as well.

 

[Product FRED]

It would make more sense to have a second hard drive ( set up as slave) for multimedia, documents, and anything else you think is important, and reinstall Windows onto your current drive (as master).