-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is anyone home? resize partitions
- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:17:20 -0400
the drive is about 9 gb. but - it is almost always only around 3-400 gb free. I
am always cleaning my tmp files out - and fighting with my kids to not put
things on that drive. It's a losing battle, since the default documents folder
is on that drive, and no one seems to know how (me included) to keep their
e-mail cleaned up!)
there are program files on there that wouldn't permIt me to put them on a
different drive. plus the pieces of programs that go into the operating system
drive, even if they are installed on another partition.
Can you tell me more about the Windows swap file?
So! should I combine those partitions? or, should I move those files from my
operating system partition to the one with most of my program files on it???
Cris
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Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:04 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is anyone home? resize partitions
On 24 Jun 2004 at 20:16, cris wrote:
> We have that on here - my son put it on. I'd no idea what it was for.
> What size do you think is appropriate for the C or operating system
> drive?
Phew...an almost impossible question to answer, really. The fact is,
only you can estimate your usage of that partition. I missed whatever
size you said your total disk space was, but with modern drives you
shouldn't really go lower than a 5gb C partition.
(That's with the OS only - if you can, try to keep at least 5-10gb
free on the drive.)
Two important things to bear in mind when creating an 'OS-only' C
partition...
1. Try to ensure that you will have enough space to accommodate
future Windows updates. (At least 500mb, say.)
2. Think about what you want to do with the Windows swap file. A non-
fixed-size swap file will get bigger and smaller depending on the
intensity of the tasks the system is performing. It doesn't take much
for the swap file to balloon up to a ridiculous size.
I'd recommend you calculate a fixed-size swap file and place it on
the larger of your partitions.
> Should program files be kept on a separate drive then?
> mine all have their own folders - I leaned that lesson after my 1st
> computer - when everything went into one big mish mash - Thx!! CRis
Yes, as others have advised, get a tweaking program like TweakUI. I
personally prefer X-Teq's X-Setup. With one of these programs, you
can transfer the default system folders (e.g. Program Files, My
Documents, Favorites, etc.) to the larger partition. It's a good idea
to do the same with the Windows 'Temp' folder, and Temporary Internet
Files.
Finally, let me just give my own view on this subject:
It's a lot of unnecessary work. Unless the size of your drive is so
big that older programs aren't working correctly, don't bother with
any of this. (I stress that not everyone will agree with that; it's
just my experience.)
Faustus
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