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Char Jackson
Flightless Bird
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:18:06 -0500, "Seth"
<seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:20:47 -0500, "Bogey Man" <newdoverman@yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:13:21 -0500, "Bogey Man" <newdoverman@yahoo.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The deleting of the D partition and adding the space to the C partition
>>>>>turned out to be one of the easiest things that I have ever done. I
>>>>>should
>>>>>have done it months ago.
>>>>
>>>> You didn't see any advantages in keeping two (or more) partitions? I
>>>> always cringe a little when a system comes into the shop and I see
>>>> that it's running everything from a single partition. IMHO, two hard
>>>> drives are better than one, but if that's not possible I always
>>>> encourage the creation and use of at least a second partition.
>>>
>>>
>>>There is no real advantage to have two or more partitions in my opinion.
>>>If
>>>the hard drive crashes, all the data on other partitions is probably gone
>>>too. Two hard drives are better than one but a partition is NOT another
>>>physical drive. A partition on a hard drive is like having a room in a
>>>house. If the house burns down that room is gone too.
>>
>> The advantage is that you have a place to store downloaded apps,
>> videos, digital music and photos, documents, etc., where they won't be
>> lost if you find that you need to reinstall Windows.
>
>I do that all under the default profile folders. Heck, they're already
>named just like you describe above.
Yep, a lot of people do that. Since it's the default, it's the easiest
option. My point was that the data is significantly less safe there.
>> Obviously, losing the entire drive means losing all of its partitions,
>> but many times a system crash can be rebuilt without touching any
>> other partitions, so it's a measure of safety.
>
>I can still access the data on a no longer bootable partition using PE or
>putting the drive into a dock if need be.
Yep, but it gets significantly more difficult after that partition has
been reformatted and Windows reinstalled.
<seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
>news:dnetn51qrv6fkmlu8qkde9tf5b5bmi0qu9@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:20:47 -0500, "Bogey Man" <newdoverman@yahoo.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Char Jackson" <none@none.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:8adrn5hscagvj5rvgb8hhmusg7sdjp28ob@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:13:21 -0500, "Bogey Man" <newdoverman@yahoo.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The deleting of the D partition and adding the space to the C partition
>>>>>turned out to be one of the easiest things that I have ever done. I
>>>>>should
>>>>>have done it months ago.
>>>>
>>>> You didn't see any advantages in keeping two (or more) partitions? I
>>>> always cringe a little when a system comes into the shop and I see
>>>> that it's running everything from a single partition. IMHO, two hard
>>>> drives are better than one, but if that's not possible I always
>>>> encourage the creation and use of at least a second partition.
>>>
>>>
>>>There is no real advantage to have two or more partitions in my opinion.
>>>If
>>>the hard drive crashes, all the data on other partitions is probably gone
>>>too. Two hard drives are better than one but a partition is NOT another
>>>physical drive. A partition on a hard drive is like having a room in a
>>>house. If the house burns down that room is gone too.
>>
>> The advantage is that you have a place to store downloaded apps,
>> videos, digital music and photos, documents, etc., where they won't be
>> lost if you find that you need to reinstall Windows.
>
>I do that all under the default profile folders. Heck, they're already
>named just like you describe above.
Yep, a lot of people do that. Since it's the default, it's the easiest
option. My point was that the data is significantly less safe there.
>> Obviously, losing the entire drive means losing all of its partitions,
>> but many times a system crash can be rebuilt without touching any
>> other partitions, so it's a measure of safety.
>
>I can still access the data on a no longer bootable partition using PE or
>putting the drive into a dock if need be.
Yep, but it gets significantly more difficult after that partition has
been reformatted and Windows reinstalled.