Vista - partition the hard drive?

"Steve" <hde@wbn.inv> wrote in message
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> Just ordered an E520 with Vista. Currently using XP Home with a
> partitioned hard drive. Drive C for Windows etc. D for other
> programs, mostly not backed up. E for backups, cache, misc file
> storage, not backed up. F for data, backed up.
>
> Do you partition, or just set up separate folders to replicate what
> would otherwise be separate partitions? The problem I have with
> separate folders is that everything is in a sub-folder, just requires
> a longer path. Plus, some backups require that the destination be on
> a different partition.
>
> Other pros and cons? Thanks!
>
>
> --
>
Need more info on your E520. You can probably take the HD out of your
present machine and put it in the 520 and a second HD.. Then you can boot to
XP in your bios or install a boot manager like Boot Magic

I use partitions or separate drives.

I don't have any "programs on D". I just put all programs on C. I
never restore, I always rebuild. Windows needs to be reinstalled
regularly with my usage.

So, I have C, D (Data backed up) and E (Data not backed up).

I have backup drives on a 'backup server' that all of the desktops and
laptops back up to.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve [mailto:hde@wbn.inv]
> Posted At: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:55 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Vista - partition the hard drive?
> Subject: Vista - partition the hard drive?
>
> Just ordered an E520 with Vista. Currently using XP Home with a
> partitioned hard drive. Drive C for Windows etc. D for other
> programs, mostly not backed up. E for backups, cache, misc file
> storage, not backed up. F for data, backed up.
>
> Do you partition, or just set up separate folders to replicate what
> would otherwise be separate partitions? The problem I have with
> separate folders is that everything is in a sub-folder, just requires
> a longer path. Plus, some backups require that the destination be on
> a different partition.
>
> Other pros and cons? Thanks!
>
>
> --
>
> We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't
care
> for.
>
> ...Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

Just ordered an E520 with Vista. Currently using XP Home with a
partitioned hard drive. Drive C for Windows etc. D for other
programs, mostly not backed up. E for backups, cache, misc file
storage, not backed up. F for data, backed up.

Do you partition, or just set up separate folders to replicate what
would otherwise be separate partitions? The problem I have with
separate folders is that everything is in a sub-folder, just requires
a longer path. Plus, some backups require that the destination be on
a different partition.

Other pros and cons? Thanks!


--

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

....Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

How much space should be allocated to C drive for the Vista OS?


--

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

....Anatole France

My install of Vista Business takes a little over 8GB. Home Premium or
Ultimate would be larger.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve [mailto:hde@wbn.inv]
> Posted At: Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:56 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Vista - partition the hard drive?
> Subject: Re: Vista - partition the hard drive?
>
> How much space should be allocated to C drive for the Vista OS?
>
>
> --
>
> If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish
> thing.
>
> ...Anatole France

Steve wrote:
> How much space should be allocated to C drive for the Vista OS?
>
>
My laptop with only TBird, Firefox and ms works installed still uses
11GB. Add your own programs to that.

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:56:17 -0800, Steve <hde@wbn.inv> wrote:

>How much space should be allocated to C drive for the Vista OS?

My Vista Business Windows directory is 8.81 GB. My Program Files
directory is 5.95 GB. I don't know where my swap file is -- I don't
see it directly under c:\. It's system managed and in the System
control panel applet it's supposed to be around 2.5GB so that may be
in one of the directories above.

Also I don't know where system recovery info is stored. That also
might be in one of the directories above.

On Jun 28, 4:34 pm, Steve <h...@wbn.inv> wrote:
> Steve <h...@wbn.inv> wrote:
> >Just received the E520, shows 10G in D (recovery) and 223G in C.
> >Disk Management > Shrink C:
> >228G: Total size before shrink
> >112G: Size of available shrink space
> >Guess this means the C drive is using 116G? No programs loaded, not
> >sure what would account for this, maybe some sorta swap file?
>
> Just noticed it also shows C as 96% free (214G available). So why
> won't it shrink more than 112G?
>
> --
>
> If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
>
> ...Anatole France

Run diskpart.exe and you should be able to workaround that limitation.

>> How much space should be allocated to C drive for the Vista OS?

Just received the E520, shows 10G in D (recovery) and 223G in C.

Disk Management > Shrink C:

228G: Total size before shrink

112G: Size of available shrink space

Guess this means the C drive is using 116G? No programs loaded, not
sure what would account for this, maybe some sorta swap file?


--

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

....Anatole France

Steve <hde@wbn.inv> wrote:
>Just received the E520, shows 10G in D (recovery) and 223G in C.
>Disk Management > Shrink C:
>228G: Total size before shrink
>112G: Size of available shrink space
>Guess this means the C drive is using 116G? No programs loaded, not
>sure what would account for this, maybe some sorta swap file?

Just noticed it also shows C as 96% free (214G available). So why
won't it shrink more than 112G?


--

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

....Anatole France