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I have Toshiba satellite notebook with 40 gigs HD and on it I am running WindowsPro.
My current config is C = 2 gig and D = the rest with NTFS partition.
I am thinking to reinstall windows. Should I again make partition? What say you? Thanks
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40 GB split in - C: 8 GB NTFS for system and applications - D: 24 GB NTFS for data - E: 8 GB FAT32 for Norton Ghost Images of C:.
I don´t do any work on any computer if the owner doesn´t want to invest in NG. That application protects all the work of setting up the computer and restoring from disaster is a matter of 5-10 minutes and a cup of coffee.
A prerequisite for it to work smoothly is that all data is moved to D: - not only My documents but also Favorites, E-mail folders and Address Book.
FWIW, I have never lost the data from my second partition accidentally, only deliberately, and I've crashed this baby a few times! LOL I've been running XP Pro for more than 2 years, and I wouldn't NOT partition it. If your OS needs reinstalled, your second partition is not affected (some programs may need reinstalled) and your data is safe.
Do a search on the board for more info, but the consensus is to partition, especially on the large hard drives.
Yes we do but they are very rare and are almost never used in written language. Young people use them and they annoy the living **** out of us who are a bit older.
El Camino,
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Christer if there is a problem with HDD, if it crushes? I thought we were supposed to make immage on another physical drive.
Yes, You´re right that an Image on a different harddrive is better protection, not only for system crashes but also for harddrive crashes.
However, an Image on a different partition on the same drive is better than nothing and the Image(s) can be burnt to CDs.
Christer
We're not supposed to have double negatives, spoken or written, but we do it. My eighth grade English teacher would have cracked my hand with a ruler! Our young people mangle the language, here, too, now. (No more rulers!) Sorry about that, it was my first cup of coffee!
If I used imaging software, I would burn it to a cd right away, just for the convenience. It is rare for a hard drive to just spontaneously fail, so unless there is critical earth shattering data, I would assume storing the image on another partition would be sufficient. Is that your experience, too?
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