Partioning hard drive

May answer to that is AGAIN DATA PROTECTION

For example only.
C: has the OS and some software on it
D: has Games etc on it
E: has other stuff such as downloaded stuff backups etc.

If i lose C: then I may be our of luck.
If I lose D: I do not lose the OS and the downloaded stuff .
If I lose E I may lose the downloaded stuf but not the actual program.

BillyBob

 

Hi BB,

Data backup - "I edited/deleted/overwrote a document and no backup copy of the original ". That kind stuff should be backed up either on to another HD - internal or external and/or CD/DVD.

Backing up the OS, dive imaging. You wouldn't put that on the same drive as the OS is.

If you lose a partition, chances are you lost the drive.

In backing up to another media, that guards against both Data lose like the example above and from hardware failure.

Regards - Charles

 

I think you are but that's your judgement to make.

NTFS partitions don't fragment nearly as much as FAT32 ones do.

One option you have is to try it with this one big partition, if you're not satisfied with how its working, then backup the data and go thru with your original plan and then reload the data.

Regards - Charles

 

I 100% agree.

This is exactly why I have my real imporatant stuff backed up on a CD.

BillyBob

 

Thanks everyone for all of the help, I think I'll ponder it a bit. Thanks again.

 

Just a quick question, I've decided to use another program besides Partition Magic because of one's advice but am wondering what the difference is between a Logical drive or partition and a extended partition. Is there any?

 

An extended partition is basically a partition that contains one or more logical partitions. You first create an extended partition, then create the logical partition(s) within the extended partition.

 

Thanks Zander.