HDD optimum partition...

[medigit]

hey guys ..
recently bought 200 GB HDD SATA... Now i have a 4O gb PATA hdd and the 200 GB HDD.. Now i want to know how to partiton the 2 HDDs and install the OS(Windows XP)..and where to save the files.., monies , data files.. etc...

[adit_sen]

Its mostly a personal preference as to how many partitions you want. People use partitions for various reasons. I also have a 40GB PATA and an external 200GB HDD. Here's how I went about storage

Partitions on the 40GB HDD
1. 13GB Primary Partition - WindowsXP, Progam Installations
2. 10GB Partition - Programming Data
3. 15GB Partition - Music

Partitions on the 200GB HDD
1. 73GB Primary Partiton - Movies
2. 73GB Partition - Music
3. 40GB Partition - Games / Files etc

As you can see, its just how you want to organize your data. Its not recommended to keep too many partitions, and also having no partitions could cause file fragmentations to be spread across the entire disk.

Cheers
Aditya

[Rollercoaster]

Mine is like this-
Hardware- 2x 160GB sata on raid-0 = 300GB , one pata 80 GB

hereis my Disk Management

Unknown ones are linux

[vishald]

Hi Guys I Hv Pent 2.6 Dual Core With Asus Rd 2 Board I Have 80 Gb Sata & 60 Gb Ata Hardisk I Am Not Able To Connect Both The Hardisk At A Time

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