Why Registered Window has Single partition ?

[mmnouman]

Why Registered Window has Single partition .When we buy pc with registered window it always has single partition ...........what is logic behind this ??

 

[chris1neji]

What are you asking? I don't quite understand your problem or concern.

If you are asking why systems are sold with a single usable partition is because it's easier to manage for users. A big portion of the population that uses windows only know how to do their word/excel documents. They don't mess with default save location or anything like that. Go out an explain partitions to someone who 1) doesn't really care 2) is not very computer literate 3) will forget. They are comfortable with a single partition to save and access their documents.

 

[mmnouman]

I inquired because I found that single disk partition slows down the performance.

 

[maxie]

Not all computers come with a single partition my Laptop came with two partitions also has hidden partition

 

[mmnouman]

Hidden is only recovery drive

 

[chris1neji]

Well the majority of PC users don't bother maintaining their systems and either a) download 3rd party software which sometimes works sometimes it complicates b) take it to a shop c) know someone who can fix it.

I don't think having a second partition would help them very much. The performance gain vs complexity is just not worth it. Just imagine the number of increase calls for a PC manufacturer, there would be an increase number and that's just more money they need to spend. They spend more money = more expenses = they pass the cost down to the consumer = more expensive computers for the consumer.

The performance gain is not significant

 

[Layback Bear]

I inquired because I found that single disk partition slows down the performance.

Could you explain how a single partition slows down a computer?

 

[mmnouman]

because all programs runs on C and also it contains all the data, so I think it slows the system on startup.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Short Stroke

You can "short stroke" the OS partition.

I read an article where the author compared a small WD Black (250GB) HDD to a large WD Green HDD (1 TB).
His tests showed, the WD Green was almost as fast as the WD Black, if he created a small partition for the OS (and left the rest as a large data partition).
The large WD Green was also cheaper than the small WD Black.

I don't have the equipment (or inclination) to confirm his findings.

You also seem to get more fragmentation if everything is on the same drive.
All the various Windows (and program) log files and updates get scattered everywhere.

 

[bobkn]

I wonder when SSDs will become commonplace in appliance PCs. Random access really changes the picture.

 

[Layback Bear]

Any drive or partition that is fragmented will be slower no mater what size it is.

 

[Alejandro85]

Where do you found that more partitions are faster? That's not accurate, because even if data is on different partition, and supposing you're accessing them all at the same time, the system will have to "compete" for IO on each partition, since it can't be served together.

A different situation is when you have 2 physical disk, not partitions of the same disk. There can be a noticeable boost if the data is properly arranged.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Where do you found that more partitions are faster? That's not accurate, because even if data is on different partition, and supposing you're accessing them all at the same time, the system will have to "compete" for IO on each partition, since it can't be served together.

A different situation is when you have 2 physical disk, not partitions of the same disk. There can be a noticeable boost if the data is properly arranged.

Multiple HDDs should always be better/faster.

The author's point was, why spend a lot of money on a small high-speed HDD (250GB) when you can gain most of the speed benefits from a cheaper larger HDD (1TB)?

He suggested putting infrequently accessed data on the large partition.
You can probably put small files (<10MB) on the large partition.

Any files that you access regularly, should be on the small partition.

You have to consciously set up your system to make the most of any possible gains.

 

[essenbe]

If your computer has slowed down, it was not because of a single partition. also, the hidden is not a recovery drive, it is a recovery partition, so you must not have a single partition. Try this,
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[Britton30]

Has it slowed down recently or do you think it has always been slow?

I can't figure why a system with a Partition for the OS will work faster that a small single partition drive. The read/write heads have to travel the same physical platters for data.

 

[mmnouman]

Please see the disk management.

My specs are,
Dell n5110 Core i7 ,4GB Ram, 500GB Hard drive, 1 Gb Nvidia Graphic card, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (registered) ,also I have Mcafee Antvirus which is heavy as well.
It takes about 250 seconds to start and at start it is slow but gradually performance increases but remains unsatisfactory.

 

[VistaKing]

You have 3 partitions in your hard drive . A 100mb system reserved partition , a 14.6 Gb recovery partition and your Windows partition . You might want to look at the start up tab inside system configuration windows . I'd personally have the recovery partition hidden or format it altogether . But first I'd create a recovery discs .

Click on rb: type msconfig in the Search programs and files box click on yes if the uac window comes up . Uncheck the programs you don't need running when your PC starts up ie adobe reader , google stuff . show us a scrnprnt of the startup tab and we could help you on disabling programs from starting when your PC boots .

 

[mmnouman]

I already have stopped many of them.

 

[VistaKing]

Remove Mcafee and get something much better .

 

[mmnouman]

which one is better instead of Mcafee ?