Shoutbox

quote:

---

Originally posted by Verte
On this computer,
hda1 [38 GB] = C:
hdb1 [6 GB] = /
hdb5 [512 MB] = swap

It's no more difficult to make your non-boot partitions extended partitions rather than primary partitions, so there's no reason not to, even though it's very rare that most people will run out of primary partitions anyway.

You may run out if you've set up a primary partition for Windows and a primary for data, and then you want to install more versions of Windows or some Unixen, or whatever the flavour of the week is. [note: Unixen can typically share /boot, which needs to be an/on a primary partition].

---

Well I know I will always be using one OS,

And on the above post that I made.. I forgot to mention that both of them are primary now

200 GB for Windows? Isn't that a bit much?

Edit: My setup:

Disk 1:
C: For XP, software, My Documents etc. - 170 GB
F: For Vista (I mainly use XP) - 20 GB

Disk 2:
D: Files - 230 GB

160GB SATA drive having 4 equal sized partitions. First for Windows, second for my storage files (downloads, installers etc), third for games and fourth for music, videos and movies.
I also have an old 40GB ATA drive which has no partitions and is used for storage of projects and other such stuff.

What I would like to do the next time I partition is to make a 20gb partition for windows and keep the remaining 130GB (or 140GiB ) for all my other stuff. This way my torrents and other storage can take up more space than 40gb without me having to make space.
200GB isn't enough so I just burn stuff off to dvds when I don't need them. A ritual I perform every 2-3 months.

Ideally, I would add a 500/512GB SATA drive and be done with it but I'd rather not spend that much on an hdd right now. Got different hardware to expand first viz. another gig of ram, another LCD and a mx revolution. The latter 2 are future plans but the first one should come soon

quote:

---

Originally posted by WaqasTariq
MTB: Intel D965RY

---

Hope you mean DG965RY

quote:

---

Originally posted by Vilkku
200 GB for Windows? Isn't that a bit much?

Edit: My setup:

Disk 1:
C: For XP, software, My Documents etc. - 170 GB
F: For Vista (I mainly use XP) - 20 GB

Disk 2:
D: Files - 230 GB

---

Well My at first I had a 50GB partition for Vista then when I noted that after installation it took a big chunk 18-20Gb dont remember exact, and on installing the softwares I use + office 20007 my C: is now like 35GB used so i thoght it would be beeter to have a BIG C: as I plan to get games on it...

Plus I dont have a very huge data of my own 500-600MBs of softwares, 2GB of personal data including pictures and videos.... and 3GB worth music

quote:

---

Originally posted by John Anderton
160GB SATA drive having 4 equal sized partitions. First for Windows, second for my storage files (downloads, installers etc), third for games and fourth for music, videos and movies.
I also have an old 40GB ATA drive which has no partitions and is used for storage of projects and other such stuff.

What I would like to do the next time I partition is to make a 20gb partition for windows and keep the remaining 130GB (or 140GiB ) for all my other stuff. This way my torrents and other storage can take up more space than 40gb without me having to make space.
200GB isn't enough so I just burn stuff off to dvds when I don't need them. A ritual I perform every 2-3 months.

Ideally, I would add a 500/512GB SATA drive and be done with it but I'd rather not spend that much on an hdd right now. Got different hardware to expand first viz. another gig of ram, another LCD and a mx revolution. The latter 2 are future plans but the first one should come soon

quote:

---

Originally posted by WaqasTariq
MTB: Intel D965RY

---

Hope you mean DG965RY

---

Ok first of all the first drive you have is 160Gb in 4 partitions, now are they all 'Primary'?

and yeah its DG965RY corrected it

quote:

---

Originally posted by WaqasTariq
Ok first of all the first drive you have is 160Gb in 4 partitions, now are they all 'Primary'?

---

Primary is the one where the OS is installed, right?
If so, I always only keep the first one primary and the others as logical.

If the answer to my question was no, exchange the words primary and logical from the above sentence