Windows 7 linux partitions etc

I recently bought a new laptop. I would like to dual boot windows 7 and KDE.

I would also like to store all of my programs/games/document/movies/music on a separate partition from the ones that contain my operating systems. This is for purposes of neatness and knowing exactly what is where because I don't want my games with things like DIFX, Preload, ATI, and other things that are probably driver files. It seems that these should be in system or something, but they are stuck in program files and I don't really dare to move them. Basically I would like to quarantine windows and linux to their own little areas and have a nice open drive I can feel free to delete things off without fear of deleting vital operating files.

I asked this question on the microsoft forums and they said "that is old thinking" and basically called me an idiot. Never explained why however or gave me a solution.

So is this a bad idea, if so why and is there a neater way to organize my files? If it is not a bad idea how much room should I allow for each OS?

 

First off, KDE is a window manager, not a Linux distro.

As far as partitioning, just make two partitions for Windows (C: and D: ) and one for Linux. In Windows, you'd install everything to C:, while you save everything to D:. In Linux, you save everything to your Linux partition, and use the Linux filesystem to your advantage. For example, programs go into /opt, while files can be saved to /home.

 

I always save my stuff in a different partition other than C:/. that way if windows get corrupted I can easily install without having to worry about it messing with my docs / pictures.

 

Same here, and it makes backing up you user data so much simpler. If you
use them, you can move your "My Documents", etc, to your data partition
as well. Then to back up just copy the entire partition/drive in one swoop.

I have 15 partitions on 2 drives for our family desktop, each member of the
family has his or her partition (drive) plus a bunch of other partitions for
photos, videos and the like. On my new laptop I just use three for the
moment, one for windows, one for programs related stuff and one for my
user data. I find it just makes things easier to manage.

 

Do you really want to deal with multiple partitions and a boot manager or would running your Linux distros in a virtual machine environment be sufficient?

Always boot into Windows, and from within windows fire up as many different Linux distros as you need. You can even save off the virtual hard drive images to external storage to easily save space on your machine or to share those images with other people.

 

An operating system like Windows / Linux can be installed on a single, unpartitioned hard disk. However, the ability to divide a hard disk into multiple partitions offers some important advantages. How about a gude on how to triple boot XP, Vista and Linux. I have a new Vista Ultimate 64bit PC and wish to add XP as well as try Ubuntu linux. I can start with a clean hard drive.


_______________________

Download Vlc Player