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[MSTR]

I GOT 5 PARTIONS ON MY COMPUTER!
Always good to have a empty, or unused partion!!

[SDSUMarcus01]

Zero, I have 1 80gb harddrive, I need all the space on it... I had multiple harddrives at one point, but I rarely used the extra HDs... and since I'm not running a server, there was no point, so I just used the extra HDs to build some extra comps.

[LunchBox]

SDSUMarcus01, on Aug 14 2004, 05:27 AM, said:

Zero

Shouldn't you at least have the one that windows needs in order to run? Anyhow, I have the single partition setup on my HD. WD120 with the 8MB buffer!!!

[SDSUMarcus01]

LunchBox, on Aug 14 2004, 05:35 AM, said:

SDSUMarcus01, on Aug 14 2004, 05:27 AM, said:

Zero

Shouldn't you at least have the one that windows needs in order to run? Anyhow, I have the single partition setup on my HD. WD120 with the 8MB buffer!!!

http://dictionary.re...rch?q=partition

No, because a partition would imply division. I'm old school, I don't consider it a partition unless there are more than one. I'm just used to the days where you need to have partition magic to create partitions rather than doing it through the windows install disk.

[hatebreed]

Well, I have 2 hdds...
on one, i have 3 (linux - root/, home/, swap)
second, i have 2 (win - C:, D:)

[arens]

I have 5 harddisks, al with only one partition. They just seem to last forever, so they just get ferried to the next computer when I ugrade!

• C: System - 8 Gb
  
• D: Apps - 30 Gb
  
• E: Misc - 80 Gb
  
• F: CDRW
  
• G: MP3 - 120 Gb (on RAID controller)
  
• H: Video - 200 Gb (On RAID controller)

[BlueReign]

i despise partitions, especially when your computer crashes and you have to re-install your os

[ket]

on this computer i only have one with 55GB.

on my computer at college i have 2, one with 15G, the other with 25G ;p

[Thunder]

I have 3 partitions one 80gb second 40gb third 120gb. Plus if you need to reinstall an OS it does not ruin ur data from the same drive that has a partition... It is split so u just delete one side and reinstall from there.

[Shackman]

I have 2 hard disks. 1 40 GB and another form my old computer, 3.4 GB.

By the way, how do you even attach 5 hard disks? I thought the maximum is 2? Of course, exteral hard drives are another thing but for internal ones there can only be master and slave.

Unless, you can have more than 1 slave?

Please tell me aobut it. My HDD is barely holding out...I need to add a new HDD...!

[psp-playstation]

2, ...

[Critical_Impact]

SATA and Raid allow you to hook up more than 2 easily. Though it depends if your motherboard supports it other wise you need to get a special card for it. Also you can get specialized hard disks for it, but you can also use ide's with a converter.

[MSTR]

C: EMPTY, formated
M: EMPTY, not formated <- later for linux on reinsall
E: WINDOWS
D: Backup<-maxed up, download storage
F: Storage <new download storage

[redsky]

i make 2 partions. C and d drive.

[stephenob]

3 partitions

[BigEast55]

I only have 3

but i want another HD

[popac]

I have two, one about 6 GB with root, or better to say with Mandrake linux system, and other is /home about 24 GB, I use her for everything from music to software

[MSTR]

mandrake's partioning program is really good!

[Spectre]

SDSUMarcus01, on Aug 14 2004, 06:24 PM, said:

No, because a partition would imply division.  I'm old school, I don't consider it a partition unless there are more than one.  I'm just used to the days where you need to have partition magic to create partitions rather than doing it through the windows install disk.

Uh, no... it's still a partition. A disk is virtually unusable by the average user if it has not been partitioned at all.

Even if a disk only has a single partition, it is still divided - you cannot partition every single byte of space on a disk, so a primary partition still leaves some over, hence making it a partition.

And if you look under the definition that you provided it says:

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Computer Science. A section of storage space on a hard disk.

Anyway, it's better to have multiple disks rather than partitions where possible. Seperate partitions on the same disk that act as virtual drives still use the same physical disk, hence increasing its work load and still wearing on the heads.

[hatebreed]

i just bought an additional hard disk drive....so...aditional 2 partitions for me...and thats 7

[popac]

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mandrake's partioning program is really good!

Yes, it's almost like Pt. Magic 8

[neeki4444]

I have 3 on my desktop computer, its running linux so one is for the boot, two is for etc and the rest is for home

on my laptop I have 2 one for winxp and the other for data.

Its always good to have an extra partition for your data, since a virus can't copy itself onto another partiton.

[winflowers]

4.

1 for OS, 1 for applications, 1 for music and backup, 1 for personal data

[hatebreed]

popac, on Sep 1 2004, 05:58 PM, said:

Yes, it's almost like Pt. Magic 8 

DiskDRAKE is BETTER than Partition Magic 8...there is NO question about it...

[Geengy]

ive 2 100gb disks in raid0 with 6 partitions: the first have 2 ones, the scnd have 4 ones... the first 4 the games and others and the scnd 4 the os