Drive partitions for windows xp installation

Why not use folders ? Less overhead, less work.

"Fredzo" wrote in message
news:vjKma.457238$L1.131643@sccrnsc02...
Goog God almighty, lets beat this one and each other for all their worth.
1. Fragmentation will happen with any DOS Windows OS reguardless.
2. Partition 1 "C" no more than 8 gigs, more than 8 gigs and the clusters
start to grow above 4 Kbs.use this for the OS
3. Partition2 "D" Max 8 gigs as above, use for office apps.
4. Partition"E" MP3's etc music, video etc.
5. Partition "F" Graphics Image edition stuff
6. Partition "G" Gamer here is where the games go.

And so on, I dedicate specific partitions to specific jobs and that way I
keep things tidy. It works for me and later if you get tight somewhere
Partition Magic 7 or better can enlarge or shrink partitions in a
non-destructive manner.

Last, you can creats a seperate smaller partition for the swap file.
Usually
make it twice the size of your system RAM. If you want to do this make it
the "D" partition though and than after you load the OS go into control
panel and than system, click virtual memory and check the button that
allows
you to specify your own settings and tell it to use your "D" partition or
what ever one you intend to use for the swap file.
Hang in there.

again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if you are
posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or benchmarks. could you
provide a link or links to reputable sources that support your contention?
do you have any benchmarks conducted in your "real world" that support your
methods? i doubt it on both fronts.
if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why it is
better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your unproven
"theorys" - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and opinions, not
fact. the reason people usually resort to childish name-calling is when they
either are unsure of themselves or are wrong but are too proud to admit it;
which applies to you?

do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?
do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to travel?

remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.

dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of hard disk
partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is better. however,
absent of that, you just sound like a nauseating know-it-all who is just
pontificating beliefs and gets extremely defensive when his fragile ego is
challenged.

in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no room for
the likes of you. so, again, unless you can prove your way is better, please
stop posting.

Dan DeStefano


"Gazwad" Dont Be So FarKing WeeTarDid wrote in message
...
Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| gazwad,
||
|| if you consider what you are writing help, then please do not post
|| anymore. we are all here to help each other and this is made much
|| more pleasant and easy if someone does not have to be subjected to
|| immature name-calling.
||
|| formatting your machine with a single partition is, in fact, not
|| "brain-dead," it is actually the preferred method in windows xp.
|| this is true, otherwise ms would not suggest doing just this, as
|| they do in several kb articles, here is one:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/...reinstall.asp.
|| plus, the more partitions on your machine, the more you reduce your
|| usable storage capacity as each partition will need to claim some
|| free space for management, journaling, etc; and the more partitions,
|| the more overhead you place on file system management. this is made
|| worse by xp's file placement optimization, because it will have to
|| worry about optimizing file placement on several partitions, instead
|| of just one.
|| additionally, the more partitions you have, the more complex your
|| installation becomes, especially for the novice user.
|| finally, the type of organization you claim to need separate
|| partitions for can be accomplished via the use of folders, with
|| minimal drawbacks.
||
|| in conclusion, next time, if you dont have anything nice to say...
||

Piffle, brain-dead by your own admission you are also a top-posting waste
of
skin and air.

I suggest you pull your head out of your M$ arse and look at how things
are
done in the real world.

--

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again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if you are
posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or benchmarks. could you
provide a link or links to reputable sources that support your contention?
do you have any benchmarks conducted in your "real world" that support your
methods? i doubt it on both fronts.
if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why it is
better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your unproven
"theorys" - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and opinions, not
fact. the reason people usually resort to childish name-calling is when they
either are unsure of themselves or are wrong but are too proud to admit it;
which applies to you?

do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?
do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to travel?

remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.

dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of hard disk
partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is better. however,
absent of that, you just sound like a nauseating know-it-all who is just
pontificating beliefs and gets extremely defensive when his fragile ego is
challenged.

in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no room for
the likes of you. so, again, unless you can prove your way is better, please
stop posting.

Dan DeStefano


"Gazwad" Dont Be So FarKing WeeTarDid wrote in message
...
Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| gazwad,
||
|| if you consider what you are writing help, then please do not post
|| anymore. we are all here to help each other and this is made much
|| more pleasant and easy if someone does not have to be subjected to
|| immature name-calling.
||
|| formatting your machine with a single partition is, in fact, not
|| "brain-dead," it is actually the preferred method in windows xp.
|| this is true, otherwise ms would not suggest doing just this, as
|| they do in several kb articles, here is one:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/...reinstall.asp.
|| plus, the more partitions on your machine, the more you reduce your
|| usable storage capacity as each partition will need to claim some
|| free space for management, journaling, etc; and the more partitions,
|| the more overhead you place on file system management. this is made
|| worse by xp's file placement optimization, because it will have to
|| worry about optimizing file placement on several partitions, instead
|| of just one.
|| additionally, the more partitions you have, the more complex your
|| installation becomes, especially for the novice user.
|| finally, the type of organization you claim to need separate
|| partitions for can be accomplished via the use of folders, with
|| minimal drawbacks.
||
|| in conclusion, next time, if you dont have anything nice to say...
||

Piffle, brain-dead by your own admission you are also a top-posting waste
of
skin and air.

I suggest you pull your head out of your M$ arse and look at how things
are
done in the real world.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
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do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?

No but you purchase a filing cabinet with more than 1 drawer/partition.

do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?

No but you purchase a new bookshelf with more than 1 shelf/partition

do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

This makes no sense.



--
Ed Chatlos

do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?

No but you purchase a filing cabinet with more than 1 drawer/partition.

do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?

No but you purchase a new bookshelf with more than 1 shelf/partition

do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

This makes no sense.



--
Ed Chatlos

Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if
|| you are posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or
|| benchmarks.

I am being polite.

|| could you provide a link or links to reputable sources
|| that support your contention?

I am afraid I do not have the time to do any research to provide proof that
you are brain-dead. However you have already admitted to the fact so it
seems further proof is not required.

|| do you have any benchmarks conducted
|| in your "real world" that support your methods?

Whatever are you droning on about now?

|| if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why
|| it is better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your
|| unproven "theorys"

What theory? Please point out where anyone mentioned any theory about
anything.

|| - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and
|| opinions, not fact.

Again it isn't a theory that you are brain-dead, it is irrevocable fact.

|| the reason people usually resort to childish
|| name-calling is when they either are unsure of themselves or are
|| wrong but are too proud to admit it; which applies to you?

Neither, I always speak as I find if someone is a brain-dead ****wit then I
say so.

||
|| do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to
|| store?
|| do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
|| do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
|| travel?
||

You appear to have problems dealing with reality, maybe you should get
someone to pinch you.

|| remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.
||

Which is a windows xp newsgroup? You seem to believe that you are only
posting into one group. Please quantify which group you belong to so the OP
can get a gauge of how reliable your drivel is.


|| dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of
|| hard disk partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is
|| better.

What proof do you need?

|| however, absent of that,

Please try to keep one subject per thread, you seem to be flitting from a
discussion about properly partitioning a hard drive and one about your empty
mind.

|| you just sound like a nauseating
|| know-it-all who is just pontificating beliefs and gets extremely
|| defensive when his fragile ego is challenged.
||

I can sound like many things, I do as I please but lets get back to the
discussion in hand and please do not try to change the subject again. The
subject is your being a brain-dead ****wit.

|| in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no
|| room for the likes of you.

As far as I can see there are two posters who have actually posted anything
of benefit to the OP. One is SQR and your are not the other.

|| so, again, unless you can prove your way
|| is better, please stop posting.
||

I post when there is a need to, with "advise" from people like you it seems
the need will continue.

--

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Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
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Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if
|| you are posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or
|| benchmarks.

I am being polite.

|| could you provide a link or links to reputable sources
|| that support your contention?

I am afraid I do not have the time to do any research to provide proof that
you are brain-dead. However you have already admitted to the fact so it
seems further proof is not required.

|| do you have any benchmarks conducted
|| in your "real world" that support your methods?

Whatever are you droning on about now?

|| if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why
|| it is better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your
|| unproven "theorys"

What theory? Please point out where anyone mentioned any theory about
anything.

|| - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and
|| opinions, not fact.

Again it isn't a theory that you are brain-dead, it is irrevocable fact.

|| the reason people usually resort to childish
|| name-calling is when they either are unsure of themselves or are
|| wrong but are too proud to admit it; which applies to you?

Neither, I always speak as I find if someone is a brain-dead ****wit then I
say so.

||
|| do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to
|| store?
|| do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
|| do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
|| travel?
||

You appear to have problems dealing with reality, maybe you should get
someone to pinch you.

|| remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.
||

Which is a windows xp newsgroup? You seem to believe that you are only
posting into one group. Please quantify which group you belong to so the OP
can get a gauge of how reliable your drivel is.


|| dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of
|| hard disk partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is
|| better.

What proof do you need?

|| however, absent of that,

Please try to keep one subject per thread, you seem to be flitting from a
discussion about properly partitioning a hard drive and one about your empty
mind.

|| you just sound like a nauseating
|| know-it-all who is just pontificating beliefs and gets extremely
|| defensive when his fragile ego is challenged.
||

I can sound like many things, I do as I please but lets get back to the
discussion in hand and please do not try to change the subject again. The
subject is your being a brain-dead ****wit.

|| in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no
|| room for the likes of you.

As far as I can see there are two posters who have actually posted anything
of benefit to the OP. One is SQR and your are not the other.

|| so, again, unless you can prove your way
|| is better, please stop posting.
||

I post when there is a need to, with "advise" from people like you it seems
the need will continue.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
http://gazwad.servebeer.com

Unknown asked wistfully...

|| Very well said.

You hear Usenet posts do you?

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Unknown asked wistfully...

|| Very well said.

You hear Usenet posts do you?

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
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ed,

i do not know who you are, but, unless you are the same person as gazwad,
please stay out of it, as i was not talking to you.

so, now we are going to start nit-picking analogies? analagies are not
perfect comparisons, that is why they are analagies, ok. what's next? do we
start critiquing each other's grammar and spelling?

when will this nonsense end?

well, for me, it ends right now - i am done with this thread and we are all
wasting time that can be spent productively by helping others.

Dan DeStefano


"Ed C" edchat-at-bellsouth-dot-net wrote in message
...


do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?

No but you purchase a filing cabinet with more than 1 drawer/partition.

do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?

No but you purchase a new bookshelf with more than 1 shelf/partition

do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

This makes no sense.



--
Ed Chatlos

ed,

i do not know who you are, but, unless you are the same person as gazwad,
please stay out of it, as i was not talking to you.

so, now we are going to start nit-picking analogies? analagies are not
perfect comparisons, that is why they are analagies, ok. what's next? do we
start critiquing each other's grammar and spelling?

when will this nonsense end?

well, for me, it ends right now - i am done with this thread and we are all
wasting time that can be spent productively by helping others.

Dan DeStefano


"Ed C" edchat-at-bellsouth-dot-net wrote in message
...


do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?

No but you purchase a filing cabinet with more than 1 drawer/partition.

do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?

No but you purchase a new bookshelf with more than 1 shelf/partition

do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

This makes no sense.



--
Ed Chatlos

Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| ed,
||
|| i do not know who you are, but, unless you are the same person as
|| gazwad, please stay out of it, as i was not talking to you.
||
|| so, now we are going to start nit-picking analogies? analagies are
|| not perfect comparisons, that is why they are analagies, ok. what's
|| next? do we start critiquing each other's grammar and spelling?
||

Seems your massive ego just couldn't take someone else pointing out that
you're ****ed in the head, eh?

|| when will this nonsense end?

When you admit that in the real world things are done properly, despite what
M$ or other companies that may have to provide support might tell people,
after all they intend to make their lives easy not the end user.

||
|| well, for me, it ends right now - i am done with this thread and we
|| are all wasting time that can be spent productively by helping
|| others.
||

Don't let the door slam you in the arse on the way out.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
http://gazwad.servebeer.com

Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| ed,
||
|| i do not know who you are, but, unless you are the same person as
|| gazwad, please stay out of it, as i was not talking to you.
||
|| so, now we are going to start nit-picking analogies? analagies are
|| not perfect comparisons, that is why they are analagies, ok. what's
|| next? do we start critiquing each other's grammar and spelling?
||

Seems your massive ego just couldn't take someone else pointing out that
you're ****ed in the head, eh?

|| when will this nonsense end?

When you admit that in the real world things are done properly, despite what
M$ or other companies that may have to provide support might tell people,
after all they intend to make their lives easy not the end user.

||
|| well, for me, it ends right now - i am done with this thread and we
|| are all wasting time that can be spent productively by helping
|| others.
||

Don't let the door slam you in the arse on the way out.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
http://gazwad.servebeer.com

Very well said.
"Dan DeStefano" ddestefanoATwinmarcompaniesDOTcom wrote in message
...
again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if you are
posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or benchmarks. could
you
provide a link or links to reputable sources that support your contention?
do you have any benchmarks conducted in your "real world" that support
your
methods? i doubt it on both fronts.
if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why it is
better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your unproven
"theorys" - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and opinions, not
fact. the reason people usually resort to childish name-calling is when
they
either are unsure of themselves or are wrong but are too proud to admit
it;
which applies to you?

do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?
do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.

dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of hard
disk
partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is better. however,
absent of that, you just sound like a nauseating know-it-all who is just
pontificating beliefs and gets extremely defensive when his fragile ego is
challenged.

in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no room
for
the likes of you. so, again, unless you can prove your way is better,
please
stop posting.

Dan DeStefano


"Gazwad" Dont Be So FarKing WeeTarDid wrote in message
...
Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| gazwad,
||
|| if you consider what you are writing help, then please do not post
|| anymore. we are all here to help each other and this is made much
|| more pleasant and easy if someone does not have to be subjected to
|| immature name-calling.
||
|| formatting your machine with a single partition is, in fact, not
|| "brain-dead," it is actually the preferred method in windows xp.
|| this is true, otherwise ms would not suggest doing just this, as
|| they do in several kb articles, here is one:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/...reinstall.asp.
|| plus, the more partitions on your machine, the more you reduce your
|| usable storage capacity as each partition will need to claim some
|| free space for management, journaling, etc; and the more partitions,
|| the more overhead you place on file system management. this is made
|| worse by xp's file placement optimization, because it will have to
|| worry about optimizing file placement on several partitions, instead
|| of just one.
|| additionally, the more partitions you have, the more complex your
|| installation becomes, especially for the novice user.
|| finally, the type of organization you claim to need separate
|| partitions for can be accomplished via the use of folders, with
|| minimal drawbacks.
||
|| in conclusion, next time, if you dont have anything nice to say...
||

Piffle, brain-dead by your own admission you are also a top-posting
waste
of
skin and air.

I suggest you pull your head out of your M$ arse and look at how things
are
done in the real world.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
http://gazwad.servebeer.com

Very well said.
"Dan DeStefano" ddestefanoATwinmarcompaniesDOTcom wrote in message
...
again, if you cannot be polite, please do not post. especially if you are
posting theorys not supported by any empirical data or benchmarks. could
you
provide a link or links to reputable sources that support your contention?
do you have any benchmarks conducted in your "real world" that support
your
methods? i doubt it on both fronts.
if you really do not know why you do something or cannot prove why it is
better, then please do not sit on the ng postulating your unproven
"theorys" - or, at least, state them as that: theorys and opinions, not
fact. the reason people usually resort to childish name-calling is when
they
either are unsure of themselves or are wrong but are too proud to admit
it;
which applies to you?

do you purchase a new file cabinet for each document you want to store?
do you purchase a new bookshelf for each book you own?
do you purchase a new car for every destination to which you want to
travel?

remember, this is a windows xp ng, not a w95 osr1 ng.

dont get me wrong, i am perfectly willing to accept your method of hard
disk
partitioning just as long as you can prove that it is better. however,
absent of that, you just sound like a nauseating know-it-all who is just
pontificating beliefs and gets extremely defensive when his fragile ego is
challenged.

in a place where people are trying to help one another, there is no room
for
the likes of you. so, again, unless you can prove your way is better,
please
stop posting.

Dan DeStefano


"Gazwad" Dont Be So FarKing WeeTarDid wrote in message
...
Dan DeStefano asked wistfully...

|| gazwad,
||
|| if you consider what you are writing help, then please do not post
|| anymore. we are all here to help each other and this is made much
|| more pleasant and easy if someone does not have to be subjected to
|| immature name-calling.
||
|| formatting your machine with a single partition is, in fact, not
|| "brain-dead," it is actually the preferred method in windows xp.
|| this is true, otherwise ms would not suggest doing just this, as
|| they do in several kb articles, here is one:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/...reinstall.asp.
|| plus, the more partitions on your machine, the more you reduce your
|| usable storage capacity as each partition will need to claim some
|| free space for management, journaling, etc; and the more partitions,
|| the more overhead you place on file system management. this is made
|| worse by xp's file placement optimization, because it will have to
|| worry about optimizing file placement on several partitions, instead
|| of just one.
|| additionally, the more partitions you have, the more complex your
|| installation becomes, especially for the novice user.
|| finally, the type of organization you claim to need separate
|| partitions for can be accomplished via the use of folders, with
|| minimal drawbacks.
||
|| in conclusion, next time, if you dont have anything nice to say...
||

Piffle, brain-dead by your own admission you are also a top-posting
waste
of
skin and air.

I suggest you pull your head out of your M$ arse and look at how things
are
done in the real world.

--

Gazwad

Freelance scientist and people tester.
Guardian: alt.os.windows-xp
Moderator: alt.warez.uk

http://angry.at/gazwad
http://gazwad.servebeer.com