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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / January 2006Completely OT - partitions
I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first time tried a few partitions on the HD (I usually have just the one large one). Tried 5GB for XP, 5GB for the paging file, 100GB for apps and the rest (of a 160GB drive) for my docs. After updating XP to SP1 and then SP2 etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. > I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this > recently but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size partitions are others > using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. 230 gig drive, split into 1 127gig partition, 1 105 gig one. Only out of necessity since the Win2K setup routine didn't seem to support anything bigger than 127 gigs. Windows is now on the 105 gig partition after a reinstall. <g>  Signature-- "I hope you don't object to my badgering the witless!" EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.org.uk yahoo: evilbill_agqx >>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this >>recently but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > necessity since the Win2K setup routine didn't seem to support anything > bigger than 127 gigs. Civ found a neat registry fix for this problem.. my HDD Is 300GB (280GB actual) and I couldn't see more than 127GB of it til I added the EnableBigLBA param into one of the reg keys. I have: C: Windows - 20GB D: Games - 120GB E: Downloads - 90GB F: Apps - 50GB SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench When we were part of an empire we were ruled by an Emperor when we were part of a kingdom we were ruled by a King now we are a country >> 230 gig drive, split into 1 127gig partition, 1 105 gig one. Only >> out of necessity since the Win2K setup routine didn't seem to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > (280GB actual) and I couldn't see more than 127GB of it til I added > the EnableBigLBA param into one of the reg keys. Oh, it saw the rest of the disk fine once it was installed. It was just the partitioning and formatting part of Setup that couldn't see the full size. Signature-- "I hope you don't object to my badgering the witless!" EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.org.uk yahoo: evilbill_agqx > Oh, it saw the rest of the disk fine once it was installed. It was just the > partitioning and formatting part of Setup that couldn't see the full size. Most hard disk manufacturers, particularly for SATA drives, provide a diskette that gives a RAID driver for windows setup to get around that problem. BTW, I have: 95GB NTFS - Windows, Games & Program Files 25GB Reiser - Linux 120GB FAT32 - Data If I just had windows, I'd go a very simple "Everything except 15GB for Windows, and a 15GB FAT32 backup partition" for the inevitable windows screwup. Civilian_Target >> Oh, it saw the rest of the disk fine once it was installed. It was >> just the partitioning and formatting part of Setup that couldn't see [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > diskette that gives a RAID driver for windows setup to get around that > problem. Yeah, I didn't get that with my new PC. But then, I didn't get a floppy drive either ;) > BTW, I have: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Civilian_Target Signature-- "I hope you don't object to my badgering the witless!" EvilBill - http://www.evilbill.org.uk yahoo: evilbill_agqx > >>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this > >>recently but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > E: Downloads - 90GB > F: Apps - 50GB I dont see the point in anything over 2 partitions on a primary HDD, one for system one for everything else....can just use folders for everything else. >>>>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this >>>>recently but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > I dont see the point in anything over 2 partitions on a primary HDD, one for > system one for everything else....can just use folders for everything else. HEAR! HEAR! :-) Instead of partitions I use multiple drives. It's in the redundancy dammit! SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Pinger Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com At that very moment, Shawk turned to alt.games.half-life and said > I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but > rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size > partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. I usually have the OS on a separate partition - mostly an old habit from when using multiple operating systems, but it IS convenient when upgrading/reinstalling. I use Win2000 and the system partition is 2.5GB. But it's a struggle to keep this working as so many program insist on storing "common files" or even user data on c: driver. It is possible to move common files and other folders to another partition, but hard work (multiple search-and-replace on the registry etc), unless you do it at install time with an unattended install script. Signatureaaronl at consultant dot com For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Arthur C. Clarke >I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size >partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. I normally have 10GB for the OS and core app's that need reinstalling from scratch in the event of an OS reinstall, e.g. firewall, and a 2GB partition for swap on another disk. The rest of my system is a bit of a free for all with stuff split over 3 disks all with legacy partitions that are a mess! SignatureAndrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. >>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >>rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > a free for all with stuff split over 3 disks all with legacy > partitions that are a mess! I have another disc in the PC (another 160GB). You'd recommend the page file be on the second disk? >I have another disc in the PC (another 160GB). You'd recommend the page >file be on the second disk? In an ideal world you have the OS on one disk, your swap on another, and your app's on a third, that way none of them are in contention with each other. Hopefully though you have plenty of RAM so the swap file doesn't come into play too much. SignatureAndrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. >>I have another disc in the PC (another 160GB). You'd recommend the page >>file be on the second disk? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with each other. Hopefully though you have plenty of RAM so the swap > file doesn't come into play too much. 1.5GB PC3200... thanks Andrew >I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size >partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. I have Windows on a 100GB partition, then another partitions for the remainder of that drive. I have another 2 drives which I keep games and backup data on. If I was starting from scratch, I'd leave Windows on a 40GB partition, then games and data on the other - reason being you can never guess the correct amount for a partition so I always used to end up "borrowing" from the "wrong" partition. >I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size >partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... > Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits > are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... In other OSs it makes a lot of sense - a separate partition (if not a separate disk) for OS tends to be the standard in the *NIX and Linux environments I've used. I've never used it for windows, but I'm intending to try it on my next install (I've been helping a friend sort out his laptop recently, and this setup would have meant a lot less work in that case). I think the key is to not skimp on the space you give this partition - 20gb to 40gb are the figures I've seen bandied about. Signature"Of Course it works, that's why Chinese peasants earn $10 a year and live under brutal dictatorships." -Nicholas Lezard, On Feng Shui. >> Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits >> are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > key is to not skimp on the space you give this partition - 20gb to 40gb > are the figures I've seen bandied about. Used Partition Magic to up the XP partition to 8GB for now. The 160GB disk is now split (rounding it up)... C: 8GB for OS (XP Pro) D: (I'll come back to that) E: 5GB for page file F: 98GB for apps and games G: 40GB for my docs (I have a hell of a lot of work on here) Why do you think XP will need 20-40GB, or have I misunderstood? BTW - D: is the second 160GB disk with all my music, TV episodes etc etc. Why it's stuck in the D: position I have no idea. Ta. > Why do you think XP will need 20-40GB, or have I misunderstood? It's not something I've tried before, so I'm probably erring on the side of caution - for me, I'd be thinking of an OS upgrade at some point too (which, lets face it, is bound to use more space). I'm sure I've seen those figures somewhere, but could be mistaken. (On the other hand, I could be projecting, my smallest disks are 20gb and 40gb, which is handy :) ) > BTW - D: is the second 160GB disk with all my music, TV episodes etc etc. > Why it's stuck in the D: position I have no idea. I think you can move them, can't you? Using the disk management utility? Signature"No is for wimps. No is for pussies. No is to live small and embittered, cherishing the opportunities you missed because they might have sent the wrong message." -Dave Eggers >> Why do you think XP will need 20-40GB, or have I misunderstood? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > (On the other hand, I could be projecting, my smallest disks are 20gb > and 40gb, which is handy :) ) Fairy nuff :-) >> BTW - D: is the second 160GB disk with all my music, TV episodes etc etc. >> Why it's stuck in the D: position I have no idea. >> > I think you can move them, can't you? Using the disk management > utility? I'll take a look... ta >> BTW - D: is the second 160GB disk with all my music, TV episodes etc etc. >> Why it's stuck in the D: position I have no idea. >> > I think you can move them, can't you? Using the disk management > utility? It was always hard work under Win98 (utilities were available), but I think you can redesignate them quite easily in XP. -- Paul >>>Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits >>>are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Ta. As I've seen the Physical disk themselves get drive lettering preference. So you 2 HDD's physically will get the first 2 drives letters. I think they can be renamed in Administrative Tools | Computer Management. J SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Pinger Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com >> BTW - D: is the second 160GB disk with all my music, TV episodes etc etc. >> Why it's stuck in the D: position I have no idea. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > So you 2 HDD's physically will get the first 2 drives letters. I think > they can be renamed in Administrative Tools | Computer Management. Ta. Decided for now I dont mind it as it is.... >>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >>rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits > are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... The benefits of keeping your OS on a smaller, seperate partition is that if you ever have to reformat/reinstall, then you don't need to backup the rest of your data :) however, other partitions I use mainly for organisation. SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench When we were part of an empire we were ruled by an Emperor when we were part of a kingdom we were ruled by a King now we are a country >>I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but >>rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks all for the comments. TBH I'm still wondering what the benefits > are... this may be an experiment I ditch later... I have 3 IDE ATA drives in this rig at the moment. c:\ is 80g single partition NTFS with XP Pro SP2, all programs and swap file. It's outta room now. D:\ is a 160g single NTFS partition with only 'data' on it, ARCS, ART and MEDIA are the folders and vary in contents as I move stuff to data DVD for permanent storage. E:\ is 160g single NTFS partition that's pretty empty. It is going to be the new C:\ drive with XP Pro SP2 and all programs and games. The 80g will then become the XP Pro x64 install and Linux 64. The current 160g data drive will remain as is. Note that XP Pro x64 will have its own programs and games. I venture there won't be as many as the 32 bit install has. The major drive changeover will occur starting as soon as my new PCi-e mobo and vid card arrive home. It will need fresh installs of the OS's anyway, so why change stuff up now when i'll have to in a week again :) McG. Shawk proclaimed.... > I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but > rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > etc etc I'm getting a warning that my 5GB is nearly up! What size > partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. I used to partition. But I only have a 35gb and a 60 so I took them off. I'd use Norton's Partition magic. Worked for me. I'd keep them smallish. You don't need them at 5gb though. SignatureScottie - stri.tk - My Blog THL - team-hl.tk AGHL's Counter-strike:Source Clan On 1/21/2006 7:36 PM Shawk brightened our day with: > I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but > rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I have, disk 1: 1 partition C:\ ntfs, 76 Gb with Windows, pagefile, non-game programs in the default program files folder, music, pics and videos. 30 Gb free. I have the first disk that way mostly to just let lots of windows stuff plus installations go in the default locations. It's a little lazy and I used to have "My Documents" on my E: drive but since most of that stuff is backed up on DVD and on mobile devices now, leaving it on C: is more convenient. Plus it's a fast drive. disk 2: 4 partitions, Partition 1 D:\ 100 Gb ntfs, all games plus an install folder I use for some large files and nothing else, 25 Gb free. Partition 2 E:\ 60 Gb ntfs, completely empty. Partition 3 39 Gb ext3 Linux, Partition 4, 1 Gb Linux Swap. For a very long time my D: drive has had the label "gamedisk", just the way I've always done it. I don't know really what the E: partition is for now, it has been empty for a while. I should probably increase the Linux partition, but I don't use it that often and I'm not using half the space it has. Despite having a fair amount of free space I'm still compulsive about cleaning up useless stuff. Signature"I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong" Richard P. Feynman Steve ¤»Inglo«¤ www.inglostadt.com > I have, > disk 1: 1 partition C:\ ntfs, 76 Gb with Windows, pagefile, non-game [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Despite having a fair amount of free space I'm still compulsive about > cleaning up useless stuff. I have a 60 giger with everything thrown in. I've had a 120 gig h/d on my shelf for a few months now, for that time when an upgrade is possible, it'l be a while now though, damn g/f made me buy a new washing machine, but my whites are whiter than white now :0 "Jimbob" snip > I've had a 120 gig h/d on my shelf for a few months now, for that time > when > an upgrade is possible, it'l be a while now though, damn g/f made me buy a > new washing machine, but my whites are whiter than white now :0 Ah, but you DO also have the gf and that's not a bad thing at all. We might hate having to do the 'balancing act' but in the end, it's worth it. McG. > "Jimbob" > snip [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Ah, but you DO also have the gf and that's not a bad thing at all. We > might hate having to do the 'balancing act' but in the end, it's worth it. The day they invent a washing machine with a built in geforce 7, the world will rejoice :) >The day they invent a washing machine with a built in geforce 7, the world >will rejoice :) *shudder* Things will turn ugly when people publish their setups for GussetMark2007. SignatureAndrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. > I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently but > rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the first [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > partitions are others using? How are your HD's set up? Tips? Ta. > 1 160GB drive C: drive, Windows, Apps, docs, files movies etc... 1 80GB drive D: drive for Games installs That's it. To many partitions makes too many issues. SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Pinger Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com >> I know there's been a thread containing some comments on this recently >> but rather than resurrect that thread..... experimenting here... for the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > That's it. To many partitions makes too many issues. That's pretty much how it was previously. Trying this as an experiment. Reason?... erm, recent discussion on the merits of partitions and I have no money at the moment to build anything so in that situation I tend to take to bits the things I do have - it's an abberration....:-) |
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