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Originally posted by raceprouk
I'm sorry, but that's a load of bullsh*t. Partitioning a hard drive can actually be beneficial. Far from wearing it out quicker, it'll actually protect you against catastrophic failure! Imagine your Windows partition got nuked - if your work's on a different partition, and/or you have another OS on another partition, you can still use the PC. Not to mention you can get more efficient use of space. The smaller partitions willr esult in smaller cluster sizes = more data can be squeezed on the disk. While not as much of an issue with NTFS, it can still be a benefit (recuded MFT means more space).
I know you can do this with two HDDs as well, but for some that's not an option.
You can argue all you want, i wont dissagree with you, i agree of all the good things this feature provides
But here is a situation:
1 program uses partition 1 and 2 program uses partions 2
if the two programs run simultaneously, this reduces hdd read/write times, beacause you are trying to read/write simultaneously on two different possitions in the harddisk
This might also keep the hdd motor to spin for longer times that normal which causes it to wear out...
This is all i am seing (now you can shoot me
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