Guest Joseph O'Brien Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those who know. If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? I'm not just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are all going to take place on the primary drive, right? So if he needs to download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the secondary drive. I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this configuration. I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with my assumptions about this. Thanks. Joseph
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: disk partitioning honestly, your web designer would be in a better position to let you know the benefits or not. from my perspective, if the web designer ask for the extra harddrive, then "get" it. designing and experimenting with design concepts and the super large files and the multiplicity of them would be better to do and have on a non system partition. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Joseph O'Brien" <obrien1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1186412754.168688.270400@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... >I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk > partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those > who know. > > If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask > him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant > delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? I'm not > just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as > downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are > all going to take place on the primary drive, right? So if he needs to > download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the > secondary drive. > > I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, > but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this > configuration. I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, > Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal > data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. > > It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, > but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with > XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with > my assumptions about this. > > Thanks. > Joseph >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: disk partitioning "Joseph O'Brien" <obrien1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1186412754.168688.270400@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... >I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk > partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those > who know. > > If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask > him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant > delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? I'm not > just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as > downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are > all going to take place on the primary drive, right? So if he needs to > download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the > secondary drive. > > I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, > but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this > configuration. I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, > Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal > data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. > > It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, > but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with > XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with > my assumptions about this. > > Thanks. > Joseph > Creating a data partition on your hard disk has several advantages but speed is not one of them. In other words, it makes no difference whatsoever.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: disk partitioning On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:05:54 -0000, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Joseph O'Brien <obrien1984@hotmail.com> wrote: > I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk > partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those > who know. > > If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask > him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant > delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? No, no copying will take place. I'm not > just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as > downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are > all going to take place on the primary drive, right? No, wrong. They will take place on whatever drive you tell them to. > So if he needs to > download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the > secondary drive. No, just download directly to the second drive. Where (what drive and folder) to download to is your choice. > I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, > but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this > configuration. Not correct. Doing so is not only possible, but also a good idea for many people. See below, > I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, > Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal > data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. What do you mean by "the user's home directory"? What do you mean by "so much personal data"? > It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, > but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with > XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with > my assumptions about this. I think many people over-partition, but that doesn't mean it's always bad to have more than one partition. My view is that most people's partitioning scheme should be based on their backup scheme. If, for example, you backup by creating a clone or image of the entire drive, then a single partition might be best. If, on the other hand, you backup only your data, then the backup process is facilitated by having all data in a separate partition. Except for those running multiple operating systems, there is seldom any benefit to having more than two partitions. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest JS Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: disk partitioning 1) Once he has everything setup/moved properly on the second drive there will not be any delay and in fact may be a bit faster. 2) The location of the Photoshop scratch disk can be changed to any drive. 3) The location of file downloads can be specified prior to or at the time of the download depending on what applications he is using. 4) I have two computers each contain three drives and both have the 'Documents and Settings' folder unchanged. 5) My Applications (except some AV software) are installed to the second drive, speeds up loading slightly and since most applications are not updated frequently the need for creating frequent image backups of the Applications partition on the second drive are reduced. Image backups of the Primary/Windows drive are made as needed, usually before installing the latest Windows Updates. JS "Joseph O'Brien" <obrien1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1186412754.168688.270400@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... >I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk > partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those > who know. > > If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask > him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant > delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? I'm not > just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as > downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are > all going to take place on the primary drive, right? So if he needs to > download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the > secondary drive. > > I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, > but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this > configuration. I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, > Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal > data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. > > It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, > but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with > XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with > my assumptions about this. > > Thanks. > Joseph >
Guest dobey Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: disk partitioning "Joseph O'Brien" <obrien1984@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1186412754.168688.270400@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... >I know there is always a lot of opinions when it comes to disk > partitioning schemes, but I would like to get some advice from those > who know. > > If I were to put an extra drive in our web designer's computer and ask > him to save all his files to that, wouldn't there be a significant > delay since everything needs to be copied to the new drive? I'm not > just talking about moving a huge number of files. Things as simple as > downloading from the web to working with PhotoShop scratch disks are > all going to take place on the primary drive, right? So if he needs to > download images from a site, he will have to move them manually to the > secondary drive. > > I thought about putting Documents and Settings on the secondary drive, > but I read somewhere that Microsoft does not support this > configuration. I know that I can redirect My Documents, My *whatever*, > Desktop, etc, but that doesn't really help me since so much personal > data still ends up being stored in the user's home directory. > > It seems like people do all kinds of elaborate partitioning schemes, > but at this point, I just fail to see the advantage (at least with > XP). Can anyone set me straight? I might be completely off-base with > my assumptions about this. > > Thanks. > Joseph > Maybe you should clarify - when you refer to "drives" you mean partitioning a single disc, and not adding a physical hard disk to the machine? When you partition a single disk there isn't really that much to be gained, except for your own organisational purposes.
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