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jims69camaro · 11-18-2009, 03:58 PM

i just hurt my hand face-palming.

why wouldn't you add a drive for $40? anyway, i use a 30GB partition for windows, two 140GB partitions and the 120GB drive for active files, plus whatever is needed for backup (right now it's +/- 200GB).

partitioning, broken down, is you being able to decide how big the drawers are in a file cabinet. the cabinet is a fixed size, but instead of having to pull out the big drawer all of the time for operating system files (or something else that is accessed a lot) you customize the size of one of the drawers to make it a little smaller. you can have quite a few partitions, but after two or three partitions on the same drive you'd probably be better off just getting new drives. how many drawers does it make sense to have before you need a new cabinet?

11-18-2009, 03:58 PM	#9
jims69camaro Avatar Abuser Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: 08721-1716 Posts: 5,056 iTrader: (0)	i just hurt my hand face-palming. why wouldn't you add a drive for $40? anyway, i use a 30GB partition for windows, two 140GB partitions and the 120GB drive for active files, plus whatever is needed for backup (right now it's +/- 200GB). partitioning, broken down, is you being able to decide how big the drawers are in a file cabinet. the cabinet is a fixed size, but instead of having to pull out the big drawer all of the time for operating system files (or something else that is accessed a lot) you customize the size of one of the drawers to make it a little smaller. you can have quite a few partitions, but after two or three partitions on the same drive you'd probably be better off just getting new drives. how many drawers does it make sense to have before you need a new cabinet? __________________ JSFBOA Save a life. N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L