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Originally posted by WaqasTariq
Ok... Can I know how you people have your hard drives partitioned???
Disk 1 (36GB) - one partition (C: ), Windows system volume and applications.
Disk 2 (200GB) - two partitions. 4GB (S: ) for swap, Windows temporary files, browser cache. Second partition is the rest of the drive and used for data, inlcuding redirected "My Documents".
Disk 3 (500GB) - one partition, large rarely used files (such as movie downloads, software setup files, CD and DVD images).
The swap/temp partition really should be on the 500GB disk, because it is the least frequently accessed, but it was added later. I should also note that the swap/temp partition only makes sense if you have more than one physical drive, and that if I was doing it today, I would get a bigger drive for the system volume (it is a fast 10,000rpm drive, but 36GB is a little tight).
The hardware specs in your signature suggest you have 250GB, presumably a single drive. If I were you, I would probably partition that into 50-60GB system volume (C: ), the rest for data. Separating data from the OS and apps is still a good idea -- it makes it much simpler to reinstall things, if needed.
