Solved: System Restore, which partitions?

I have partitions by Partition Magic. WinXP on C: Pagefile on D: Backups of Graphics, Games, etc on G: I have System Restore started on C:, and turned off on D: Would I need it on G: and would it even do any good on there, since there are no System Files on there.

 

XP likes its pagefile on the root drive. Because some software expects to find the pagefile with Windows, you may run into conflicts w/o a root drive pagefile. System Restore is only useful for the root drive- wherever Windows lives on your system. It used to make sense to keep programs on one partition, and Windows on another, but if you manage trash XP, and that's hard to do, you will have to install 90% of your programs anyway, so keeping a larger C with XP, pagefile and programs is practical. That said, move all data off of that partition. Address book, Favorites, My Docs and the subfolders, dbx files (if you use Outlook Express) etc. XP will find them all no matter what partition you put them on. Programs I use that keep logs I keep on my second partition. I have never lost data on the second partition unintentionally, and I have killed XP a few times, on purpose and by accident.

System Restore

Johanna

 

Thanks Johanna. I thought that is the way it is. My OS and most of my Programs ( especially those that would require a Page File) and a small Page File are on C: Most Data and a couple of small programs are on G: I have also killed XP a few times and have never lost anything on G: partition.

 

If C: and D: are on the same drive (just separate partitions) having the pagefile on D: does nothing for performance. Having it on a separate drive might help, but different partition makes no difference.

DRD

 

That is the main idea behind partitioning.

Make that ALL data and MOST programs and you will be better off yet.

I myself have just the OS and waht is needed by it on C:.Everything else in on other partitions. D thru H:

All downloaded stuff goes to a special TmpFldr on H: All pictures and the like are stored on H: All my downloaded Midi files are on H id a special folder.

Games and other software are scattered among D: - G:

All Drivers for various things are on H:

All programs such as Quicken ( on D are backed up on H: ( plus a CD )

This way you can lose the OS but still have the stuff needed to put it back in shape without having to go thru the hassle of downloading it all again.

BTW. What happened to D: thru F:

I have my CDROMS set to S: & T: Even on the SUD. So they do not interfere if I add another HD. And they are the same on all three machines.

Well. I gotta go for now. We are baby sitting for a Friend and the kids toys needs batteries.

BillyBob