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Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it but in
one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make the pc
faster and not as easy to crash.
Is all this correct and how good is it?
Thanks Niall
 
Niall wrote:
> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it but in
> one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make the pc
> faster and not as easy to crash.
> Is all this correct and how good is it?
> Thanks Niall

Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive
to keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
operating system and programs without touching the data. It will not
make the computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and
data on one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data
will not magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.

For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an external
hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
Hi Malke
What would the smallest size hard drive be for the partition and is it a
good idea?
thanks Niall

"Malke" wrote:

> Niall wrote:
> > Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it but in
> > one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make the pc
> > faster and not as easy to crash.
> > Is all this correct and how good is it?
> > Thanks Niall
>
> Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
> someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive
> to keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
> faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
> partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
> second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
> operating system and programs without touching the data. It will not
> make the computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and
> data on one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data
> will not magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
>
> For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
> the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
> backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
> like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an external
> hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
 
Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a different
drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
available - for improved performance.

The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does the
page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.


"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Niall wrote:
>> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it
>> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make
>> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how good
>> is it?
>> Thanks Niall
>
> Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
> someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive to
> keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
> faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
> partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
> second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the operating
> system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
> computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data on
> one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will not
> magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
>
> For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
> the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
> backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
> like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an external
> hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
Re: Hard drive/Partition

Okay so is:
1 worth it
2 whats the smallest size hard drive for it
3 is it a new thing and would you have it for a family pc?

Thanks Niall


"JohnB" wrote:

> Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a different
> drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
> available - for improved performance.
>
> The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does the
> page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.
>
>
> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Niall wrote:
> >> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it
> >> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make
> >> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how good
> >> is it?
> >> Thanks Niall
> >
> > Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
> > someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive to
> > keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
> > faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
> > partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
> > second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the operating
> > system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
> > computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data on
> > one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will not
> > magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
> >
> > For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
> > the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
> > backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
> > like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an external
> > hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
> >
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>
 
Re: Hard drive/Partition

Hard drives are cheap (in the U.S. anyway).... but I wouldn't go with
anything smaller than 40gb.

Having more than one drive is definitely a good idea. Like the other poster
said.... use one for the OS and the other for data.
Sounds like a good PC for the family to me. I'm not sure what you mean by
"is it a new thing". If by "new thing" you mean having more than one drive;
the answer is "No". That's been a good idea for a long time :)

"Niall" <Niall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB72BC00-0C37-4CE8-8FD6-04D72446E551@microsoft.com...
> Okay so is:
> 1 worth it
> 2 whats the smallest size hard drive for it
> 3 is it a new thing and would you have it for a family pc?
>
> Thanks Niall
>
>
> "JohnB" wrote:
>
>> Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a different
>> drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
>> available - for improved performance.
>>
>> The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does the
>> page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.
>>
>>
>> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > Niall wrote:
>> >> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it
>> >> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to
>> >> make
>> >> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how
>> >> good
>> >> is it?
>> >> Thanks Niall
>> >
>> > Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
>> > someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive
>> > to
>> > keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
>> > faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
>> > partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
>> > second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
>> > operating
>> > system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
>> > computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data on
>> > one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will not
>> > magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
>> >
>> > For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
>> > the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
>> > backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
>> > like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an
>> > external
>> > hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
>> >
>> >
>> > Malke
>> > --
>> > Elephant Boy Computers
>> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> > "Don't Panic!"
>> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Hard drive/Partition

sorry so if this hard drive is just one drive, but with this partition thing
would this be okay and what size would you say to have?
Thanks for your time

"JohnB" wrote:

> Hard drives are cheap (in the U.S. anyway).... but I wouldn't go with
> anything smaller than 40gb.
>
> Having more than one drive is definitely a good idea. Like the other poster
> said.... use one for the OS and the other for data.
> Sounds like a good PC for the family to me. I'm not sure what you mean by
> "is it a new thing". If by "new thing" you mean having more than one drive;
> the answer is "No". That's been a good idea for a long time :)
>
> "Niall" <Niall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EB72BC00-0C37-4CE8-8FD6-04D72446E551@microsoft.com...
> > Okay so is:
> > 1 worth it
> > 2 whats the smallest size hard drive for it
> > 3 is it a new thing and would you have it for a family pc?
> >
> > Thanks Niall
> >
> >
> > "JohnB" wrote:
> >
> >> Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a different
> >> drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
> >> available - for improved performance.
> >>
> >> The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does the
> >> page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> >> news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > Niall wrote:
> >> >> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it
> >> >> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to
> >> >> make
> >> >> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how
> >> >> good
> >> >> is it?
> >> >> Thanks Niall
> >> >
> >> > Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
> >> > someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive
> >> > to
> >> > keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
> >> > faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
> >> > partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
> >> > second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
> >> > operating
> >> > system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
> >> > computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data on
> >> > one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will not
> >> > magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
> >> >
> >> > For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
> >> > the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
> >> > backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
> >> > like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an
> >> > external
> >> > hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Malke
> >> > --
> >> > Elephant Boy Computers
> >> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> >> > "Don't Panic!"
> >> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
Re: Hard drive/Partition

Hi JohnB
I have just found out that it is two hard drives and the combined power is
140GB is that good enough for what i need?
Thank you Niall

"Niall" wrote:

> sorry so if this hard drive is just one drive, but with this partition thing
> would this be okay and what size would you say to have?
> Thanks for your time
>
> "JohnB" wrote:
>
> > Hard drives are cheap (in the U.S. anyway).... but I wouldn't go with
> > anything smaller than 40gb.
> >
> > Having more than one drive is definitely a good idea. Like the other poster
> > said.... use one for the OS and the other for data.
> > Sounds like a good PC for the family to me. I'm not sure what you mean by
> > "is it a new thing". If by "new thing" you mean having more than one drive;
> > the answer is "No". That's been a good idea for a long time :)
> >
> > "Niall" <Niall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EB72BC00-0C37-4CE8-8FD6-04D72446E551@microsoft.com...
> > > Okay so is:
> > > 1 worth it
> > > 2 whats the smallest size hard drive for it
> > > 3 is it a new thing and would you have it for a family pc?
> > >
> > > Thanks Niall
> > >
> > >
> > > "JohnB" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a different
> > >> drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
> > >> available - for improved performance.
> > >>
> > >> The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does the
> > >> page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> > >> news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > >> > Niall wrote:
> > >> >> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in it
> > >> >> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc to
> > >> >> make
> > >> >> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how
> > >> >> good
> > >> >> is it?
> > >> >> Thanks Niall
> > >> >
> > >> > Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
> > >> > someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard drive
> > >> > to
> > >> > keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the computer
> > >> > faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
> > >> > partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and a
> > >> > second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
> > >> > operating
> > >> > system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
> > >> > computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data on
> > >> > one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will not
> > >> > magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
> > >> >
> > >> > For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one for
> > >> > the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
> > >> > backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't possible, I
> > >> > like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an
> > >> > external
> > >> > hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Malke
> > >> > --
> > >> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > >> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > >> > "Don't Panic!"
> > >> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
 
Re: Hard drive/Partition

I would go with 2 physical HD...........say 120gig each.Each HD can then be
partitioned into 2 60gig partitions.Each partition would have its own drive
letter..C,D etc
Placing the OS on one partition..say C and all programs on another
partition...say D .....same drive
You can then proceed to use the 2nd HD...one partition for the page
file...IE cache...Outlook Mail Cache as well as saving all personal work to
this partition and use the 2nd partition of the 2nd HD for backup purposes.

Creating all of this depends upon what you presently have for Hardware as
well as version of XP
peter
"Niall" <Niall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:398AB4EE-5458-4871-8A66-BDF680CF22E5@microsoft.com...
> sorry so if this hard drive is just one drive, but with this partition
> thing
> would this be okay and what size would you say to have?
> Thanks for your time
>
> "JohnB" wrote:
>
>> Hard drives are cheap (in the U.S. anyway).... but I wouldn't go with
>> anything smaller than 40gb.
>>
>> Having more than one drive is definitely a good idea. Like the other
>> poster
>> said.... use one for the OS and the other for data.
>> Sounds like a good PC for the family to me. I'm not sure what you mean
>> by
>> "is it a new thing". If by "new thing" you mean having more than one
>> drive;
>> the answer is "No". That's been a good idea for a long time :)
>>
>> "Niall" <Niall@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EB72BC00-0C37-4CE8-8FD6-04D72446E551@microsoft.com...
>> > Okay so is:
>> > 1 worth it
>> > 2 whats the smallest size hard drive for it
>> > 3 is it a new thing and would you have it for a family pc?
>> >
>> > Thanks Niall
>> >
>> >
>> > "JohnB" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Also.... Microsoft used to suggest putting the page file on a
>> >> different
>> >> drive than the System drive (location of the OS), if another drive was
>> >> available - for improved performance.
>> >>
>> >> The logic being; the OS is going to create quite of I/O, and so does
>> >> the
>> >> page file. Keeping them separate would be more efficient, in theory.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23smJFybBIHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Niall wrote:
>> >> >> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard drives in
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e" for downloads etc
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> make
>> >> >> the pc faster and not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how
>> >> >> good
>> >> >> is it?
>> >> >> Thanks Niall
>> >> >
>> >> > Your post is a bit confused, but what I think you're saying is that
>> >> > someone has told you about partitioning. You can partition a hard
>> >> > drive
>> >> > to
>> >> > keep some things separate, but the reason is not to make the
>> >> > computer
>> >> > faster. Depending on the size of the hard drive, many people use two
>> >> > partitions - one for the operating system (Windows) and programs and
>> >> > a
>> >> > second partition for data. This makes it easier to reinstall the
>> >> > operating
>> >> > system and programs without touching the data. It will not make the
>> >> > computer faster. However, if you have your operating system and data
>> >> > on
>> >> > one physical hard drive and that hard drive fails, your data will
>> >> > not
>> >> > magically survive. You always need to have a backup strategy.
>> >> >
>> >> > For desktop machines, I like to have two physical hard drives - one
>> >> > for
>> >> > the operating system and programs and one for the data. Data is also
>> >> > backed up to DVD-R regularly in that case. Where this isn't
>> >> > possible, I
>> >> > like to have the two-partition scheme with data backed up to an
>> >> > external
>> >> > hard drive and also burned to DVD-R.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Malke
>> >> > --
>> >> > Elephant Boy Computers
>> >> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> >> > "Don't Panic!"
>> >> > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
 
> Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard
> drives in it but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e"
> for downloads etc to make the pc faster and not as easy to
> crash. Is all this correct and how good is it?
> Thanks Niall

PCs generally have only 2 HD bays, so your seller may be talking
about one HD with 3 partitions on it, C:\, D:\, and E:\. This is
definitely a good idea, IMO, as it allows you to separate your data
from Windows and your apps. Thus, chances of a Windows crash or
other bad thing taking your data with it are reduced. Also, it
allows you to more easily organize your data logically and prevent
some disk fragmentation on C:\. Finally, it may let your PC run a
little faster since it doesn't have to flog through all your data
to get to what it wants from Windows or apps. You can kinda guess
that this is exactly how I have my PC set up.

--
HP, aka Jerry
 
Hi Jerry
That is exactly what i am trying to say and the combined power thing is 140
gb is this good enough for the family pc.
Thank you very much Niall

"HEMI-Powered" wrote:

> > Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard
> > drives in it but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" & "e"
> > for downloads etc to make the pc faster and not as easy to
> > crash. Is all this correct and how good is it?
> > Thanks Niall
>
> PCs generally have only 2 HD bays, so your seller may be talking
> about one HD with 3 partitions on it, C:\, D:\, and E:\. This is
> definitely a good idea, IMO, as it allows you to separate your data
> from Windows and your apps. Thus, chances of a Windows crash or
> other bad thing taking your data with it are reduced. Also, it
> allows you to more easily organize your data logically and prevent
> some disk fragmentation on C:\. Finally, it may let your PC run a
> little faster since it doesn't have to flog through all your data
> to get to what it wants from Windows or apps. You can kinda guess
> that this is exactly how I have my PC set up.
>
> --
> HP, aka Jerry
>
 
=?Utf-8?B?TmlhbGw=?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ...

> Hi Jerry
> That is exactly what i am trying to say and the combined
> power thing is 140
> gb is this good enough for the family pc.
> Thank you very much Niall

Glad my perspective was helful.

My current PC is running fine for what I use it for, but it is
getting short on HD. With no data I create on C:\, I have it
limited to 35GB, of which less than half is in use. D:\ is 88GB,
only 10 free. E:\ is 97GB, 20 free. E:\ is the biggest because of
my very large picture collection both my own and downloaded. That
all adds up 220GB, not all that much more than you have. Whether
that is or is not enough for a "family" PC obviously depends on
what the "family" intends to do with it. e.g., if E-mail web
surfing, some digital pictures, and other things that aren't
terribly large, 140 is more than enough. But, if one or more
people are collecting MP3, AVI, or movies, you'll burn it up
fast. Ditto if you're collecting large, high res graphics
pictures.

Good luck with all of this.

>
> "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
>
>> > Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard
>> > drives in it but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" &
>> > "e" for downloads etc to make the pc faster and not as easy
>> > to crash. Is all this correct and how good is it?
>> > Thanks Niall
>>
>> PCs generally have only 2 HD bays, so your seller may be
>> talking about one HD with 3 partitions on it, C:\, D:\, and
>> E:\. This is definitely a good idea, IMO, as it allows you to
>> separate your data from Windows and your apps. Thus, chances
>> of a Windows crash or other bad thing taking your data with
>> it are reduced. Also, it allows you to more easily organize
>> your data logically and prevent some disk fragmentation on
>> C:\. Finally, it may let your PC run a little faster since it
>> doesn't have to flog through all your data to get to what it
>> wants from Windows or apps. You can kinda guess that this is
>> exactly how I have my PC set up.

--
HP, aka Jerry
 
A very big thank you to all of you for your help.
Nial

"HEMI-Powered" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TmlhbGw=?= added these comments in the current
> discussion du jour ...
>
> > Hi Jerry
> > That is exactly what i am trying to say and the combined
> > power thing is 140
> > gb is this good enough for the family pc.
> > Thank you very much Niall
>
> Glad my perspective was helful.
>
> My current PC is running fine for what I use it for, but it is
> getting short on HD. With no data I create on C:\, I have it
> limited to 35GB, of which less than half is in use. D:\ is 88GB,
> only 10 free. E:\ is 97GB, 20 free. E:\ is the biggest because of
> my very large picture collection both my own and downloaded. That
> all adds up 220GB, not all that much more than you have. Whether
> that is or is not enough for a "family" PC obviously depends on
> what the "family" intends to do with it. e.g., if E-mail web
> surfing, some digital pictures, and other things that aren't
> terribly large, 140 is more than enough. But, if one or more
> people are collecting MP3, AVI, or movies, you'll burn it up
> fast. Ditto if you're collecting large, high res graphics
> pictures.
>
> Good luck with all of this.
>
> >
> > "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
> >
> >> > Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different hard
> >> > drives in it but in one eg "c" for the os and then "d" &
> >> > "e" for downloads etc to make the pc faster and not as easy
> >> > to crash. Is all this correct and how good is it?
> >> > Thanks Niall
> >>
> >> PCs generally have only 2 HD bays, so your seller may be
> >> talking about one HD with 3 partitions on it, C:\, D:\, and
> >> E:\. This is definitely a good idea, IMO, as it allows you to
> >> separate your data from Windows and your apps. Thus, chances
> >> of a Windows crash or other bad thing taking your data with
> >> it are reduced. Also, it allows you to more easily organize
> >> your data logically and prevent some disk fragmentation on
> >> C:\. Finally, it may let your PC run a little faster since it
> >> doesn't have to flog through all your data to get to what it
> >> wants from Windows or apps. You can kinda guess that this is
> >> exactly how I have my PC set up.
>
> --
> HP, aka Jerry
>
 
> A very big thank you to all of you for your help.

You're most welcome, Nial. Glad I could be of help to you.
>
> "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
>
>> > Hi Jerry
>> > That is exactly what i am trying to say and the combined
>> > power thing is 140
>> > gb is this good enough for the family pc.
>> > Thank you very much Niall
>>
>> Glad my perspective was helful.
>>
>> My current PC is running fine for what I use it for, but it
>> is getting short on HD. With no data I create on C:\, I have
>> it limited to 35GB, of which less than half is in use. D:\ is
>> 88GB, only 10 free. E:\ is 97GB, 20 free. E:\ is the biggest
>> because of my very large picture collection both my own and
>> downloaded. That all adds up 220GB, not all that much more
>> than you have. Whether that is or is not enough for a
>> "family" PC obviously depends on what the "family" intends to
>> do with it. e.g., if E-mail web surfing, some digital
>> pictures, and other things that aren't terribly large, 140 is
>> more than enough. But, if one or more people are collecting
>> MP3, AVI, or movies, you'll burn it up fast. Ditto if you're
>> collecting large, high res graphics pictures.
>>
>> Good luck with all of this.
>>
>> >
>> > "HEMI-Powered" wrote:
>> >
>> >> > Hi i have just been told about a pc with 3 different
>> >> > hard drives in it but in one eg "c" for the os and then
>> >> > "d" & "e" for downloads etc to make the pc faster and
>> >> > not as easy to crash. Is all this correct and how good
>> >> > is it? Thanks Niall
>> >>
>> >> PCs generally have only 2 HD bays, so your seller may be
>> >> talking about one HD with 3 partitions on it, C:\, D:\,
>> >> and E:\. This is definitely a good idea, IMO, as it allows
>> >> you to separate your data from Windows and your apps.
>> >> Thus, chances of a Windows crash or other bad thing taking
>> >> your data with it are reduced. Also, it allows you to more
>> >> easily organize your data logically and prevent some disk
>> >> fragmentation on C:\. Finally, it may let your PC run a
>> >> little faster since it doesn't have to flog through all
>> >> your data to get to what it wants from Windows or apps.
>> >> You can kinda guess that this is exactly how I have my PC
>> >> set up.

--
HP, aka Jerry
 
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