What's the point of partitions?

[SolApathy]

It's more of a preference these days, as more and more users are adopting Windows XP, and the NTFS file system over the FAT32 system which was notorious for waste.

It's more for organizing than anything. Personally I have 2 HDD that I partition in the following manner.

C:-35GB (DRIVE 1) Primary partition OS/Applications
D:-80GB (DRIVE 2) Swap file/archives
F:-115GB (DRIVE 1) Games
G: 40GB (DRIVE 1) Media Archives- Home videos, pictures
X: 40GB (DRIVE 2) BACKUP of C: & Utilities/drivers for reload.

X: is a daily progressive backup using Norton Ghost 8.0. (only backups up changes)

I do a DVD backup once a week.

It's saved me a lot of trouble & personally I hate clutter. Especially when you are looking for something.


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[TechZ]

Nice system you got there SolApathy

[CJK]

I only use multiple partitions when I'm going to be storing important data on the server (I only use single partitions on workstations). The only reason why I use multiple partitions on a server storing data is for a logical separation. It is easier to manage and keep organized. One example of easier management is when I'm configuring a backup job, it is much easier to select the D drive. Of course there are always exceptions to this basic plan. This other network tech at my work likes single partitions on file servers but his partitions get un-organized quickly.