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How many partitions should i make on Raid0 for XPpro?


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I have two WD 160GB drives in Raid0. I want to know what size partions i should make and for what games/files/pagefile. So what size parition should i make for games and what sizes for the others. If i keep these on different partions windows xp will get more performance? Also my C drives says i have 306GB total and i thought you only got half that in Raid0 so i really only have 160GB right?

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RAID-0 is like one physical drive. You do not loose a drive using this configuration.

So you having 306GB is what it should be if my math is correct.

Half (lossing a drive for redundancy) would be RAID-1

 

I like having NO LESS than 40GB just for Windows. Then have whatever is left for movies, music, and pictures.

 

I've all but given up partitions. I just keep all of my important data on the server downstairs and an external hard drive.

When I need it, I just grab it off one of the two.

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Welcome to the "Street"!

 

Personally, I only make two partitions on any drive; one for the OS and one for everything else. I make the OS partition at least 20 GB's. When you begin installing programs, even if you install them on the "D" partition, a portion of the data may be installed on "C" partition. So, I leave plenty of room.

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I generally just split my hard drive in two. I put the OS and everything executable (programs) on the C: drive and all my files, documents, downloaded programs and stuff, ie., crap on the D: drive (or whatever windows decides to call it.) I would just put my OS on one drive, but some programs like to be in the same partition as windows and I don't want to have to worry about future space for programs. Basically, I don't know if there is a good way, just a "preferred" way. Try partitioning different way and see what fits your needs and likes and go from there.

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  • 4 weeks later...

One thing having Windows on a separate partition from all your other program installs is that it makes it alot easier to re-install if you ever have to. Re-installing Windows is the easy part. Reinstalling all of your programming is the PITA.

 

But with that said, I don't practice it. I usually split my HD into two partitions. One fro Windows and all my programming. The other for data storage. What I do is use Acronis True Image and after a fresh reinstall of Windows & all of my programming, I create an image and have Acronis put it in a secured zone, hidden from the rest of the drive to make sure it doesn't get corrupted in any way. Then every month or so, I will use Acronis Privacy Epert to completely wipe the secure zone and then create another image of Windows and all my programming and once again place it back in the seure zone that Acronis True Image re-creates for me. This way if I ever get data corruption or if anything happens to my Windows install that makes it unable to boot or work from, I just reinstall the image from the secure zone and I am off and running. Takes all of five minutes to do. Btw, Acronis True Image actually compresses the Windows install. For example, a 30GB Windows install with all of my programming only requires 13GB of space.

 

Now for redundancy, I have a second hard drive that I keep a complete copy of my current hard drive on. I plug it in from time to time to update the information, then unplug it and just let it sit. This is good if ever I have the hard drive totally fail and am unable to retrieve the secure zone image. I thought about a program like Ghost to back up a second hard drive automatically ever so often, but I really don't care for the extra resources or services. I use my rig to game and host allot of gaming, so I like to keep it as lean as possible.

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Really as few or as many as you wish. :)

I find partitioned drives easier to work with personally.

 

Currently quadruple booting XP, x64 Edition, Vista x86RC2, and Vista x64RC2.

30G partitions for XP and x64, and 40G partitions for Vista OSes, 100G for Software programs and 200G for movies and mp3s.

You can make the XP OS partitions smaller if you remember to put all the programs on a dif partition.

 

I've never lost an array but I thought I did a couple of times when I flashed th3e bios and cleared the CMOS (defaults).

 

I don't think there is a right or wrong way

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We need to get you a couple more OS partitions Carl. Let's squeeze a couple Linux distros in there.. :)

 

I hardly bother with partitions anymore unless they are OS dependant such as Linux swap. I just throw the OS on there and use Acronis for back ups. Back up and running in 20 minutes from a clean drive..

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:D

Cliff one of my New Year resolutions is to become familiar with Linux this year.

 

I've become absolutely crazy about GParted

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

 

It's a Linux based program with an easy to use GUI that is great for cloning drives and fantastic for re-sizing/re-arranging my Windows partitions.

 

A must have in my book and it's a Freebie of course.

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