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shaunak

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I need to partition a new 640 GB and an old 80 GB drive [Will Zero fill :)].

So far my plan is:
== 640 GB ==
> 50GB Windows XP partition [NTFS] Primary
> 20GB Linux Partition [ext4] Primary
> xGB Linux Swap [ext4]
> 200 GB [NTFS] for my media.
> Three 100 GB-ish partitions for other data and videos.

== 80 GB ==
> One 40GB NTFS Partition for Windows Data backup/dump. [Primary]
> One 36GB ext2 partition for Linux Data backup/dump. [extended]
-- OR one large 80GB NTFS dump for both --

Now, a bunch of questions :P :

Does this look like a good strategy? Would you suggest any changes?

For 2GBs of RAM, How much of Linux Swap should I allocate. 1GB sounds good?

Should I stick with ext4 or try ResierFS?

PS: I plan to install all programs on the Windows partition itself, so I have left 50GBs.
 
Very Bad Partitioning (Sorry !) -

According to Me -

80 GB (Actual 76 GB) -

C:\Winxp (30 GB)
D:\Win7(30 GB)
Ext:\Linux(26 GB)

640 GB (Actual 596 GB)

E:\Movies (300 GB)
F:\DATA (200 GB)
G:\Personal Documents (96 GB)
 
== 640 GB ==

> 50GB Windows XP partition [NTFS] Primary

> 500 GB - All files media, music etc

> Rest for linux and calculated swap
 
lucky_chouhan said:
Very Bad Partitioning (Sorry !) -
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No problem! :ohyeah:

C:\Winxp (30 GB)
D:\Win7(30 GB)
Ext:\Linux(26 GB)
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The 80GB one is a very slow IDE drive, and can fail at any moment. Wont use it to run OSes. THat is why I am using it as a dump drive.

E:\Movies (300 GB)
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Wont 300GBs take too long to defrag?

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Also, I dont plan to Dual boot Win7 and XP.

So after your suggestions, here is my revised plan:
== 640 GB ==
> 35GB Windows XP partition [NTFS] Primary
> 20GB Linux Partition [ext4] Primary
> 1GB Linux Swap [ext4]
> 200 GB [NTFS] for my Photos and Music.
> 250 GB [NTFS] Movies
> What ever is remaining [~95Gigs I think] for Data
 
The Windows partition needs to be much bigger than 30GiB. If you install a lot of applications then Windows Installer caches crap in the Windows folder and fills up a lot of space really quick. You can delete the caches but then you won't be able to use the uninstaller to remove the program later, you'll need to manually uninstall it.
 
^^ I agree. If you don't get rid of the system restore and hibernate options that alone takes off about 4-5gb, plus if you have a big enough primary partition then you don't have to change the path to install games and big apps elsewhere.
 
50 GB for XP if u use heavy graphic programs, games (like matrix (4 GB after install) then u go 50 gb for xp.

but the most important thing is always create partition for ur data becasue some time one or two partition curruupt so u have some date in safe but if u hv single partition for all ur data and its currupt then u lost every thing.

I am also always use Patition for my personal data, movies,games,ISO etc.
 
shaunak said:
No problem! :ohyeah:

The 80GB one is a very slow IDE drive, and can fail at any moment. Wont use it to run OSes. THat is why I am using it as a dump drive.

Wont 300GBs take too long to defrag?

---

Also, I dont plan to Dual boot Win7 and XP.

So after your suggestions, here is my revised plan:

== 640 GB ==

> 35GB Windows XP partition [NTFS] Primary

> 20GB Linux Partition [ext4] Primary

> 1GB Linux Swap [ext4]

> 200 GB [NTFS] for my Photos and Music.

> 250 GB [NTFS] Movies

> What ever is remaining [~95Gigs I think] for Data
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This looks pretty good, but I also agree with @zhopudey that a single partition for media is better.
 
PiXeLpUsHeR said:
This looks pretty good, but I also agree with @zhopudey that a single partition for media is better.
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+1.

I was one of those who had several partitions (one for each type of media) just in case one partition went kaput for whatever resaon.

Let's just say it's a headache maintaining them, and even worse, what if you need more space than what your partition is allocated.

Finally, I just merged everything into 4 partitions, 2 for OS and two huge ones for data and backup.

This is what it looks like now:

C:\Windows Vista [50gb]
Mac OSX Loepard [40gb]
D:\Data [233gb]
E:\Backup [232gb] [entire drive]

What it used to look like:

C:\WinXP [10gb]
D:\WinVista [40gb]
E:\Documents [10gb]
F:\Music [60gb]
G:\Games [30gb]
H:\Movies [40gb]
I:\TV [50]
J:\TV 2 [50]

and this was only my first hdd. There were 5 more partitions on my backup disk.
 
Ya, and you end up wasting like 3-4GB on each partition because you can't do anything useful with that space. Installing most games and stuff needs 4+ GB so the last few GB wasted on each partition adds up to a lot of wasted space.

I just have 3 partitions.

C: 100GB (OS)

D: 3.9TB (Everything Else)

E: 500GB (RAID0 for Temp folder, Page file, Hibernate file)
 
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