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    one partition or two?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by phanpride, Sep 28, 2010.

  1. phanpride

    phanpride Notebook Consultant

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    which is better to have one partition or two when reformatting the HD?
     
    phanpride, Sep 28, 2010
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    What capacity is your hd?
     
    nikeseven, Sep 29, 2010
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    it is 500gb
     
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    I'd suggest 2-3 partitions

    Main reason would be
    1] Separate the page file from the operating system
    2] If your operating system crashes, any/ every system restore software restores the operating system drive.
    3] Looks manageable and pretty ;D
     
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    haha okay thank you and one more question, do i just install the os onto 1 partition and everything else on the second partition?
     
    phanpride, Sep 30, 2010
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