But I have video capture and editing I perform. So I make 1 partition per drive to give me the largest workspace possible.
It all depends on what you do. The answer changes.
Bob
It's new computer time for me, first time building a machine, and I'd like some advice on partitioning the hard drives..
The computer will have twin 320GB hard drives (no raid) and I'm trying to decide what will be the best way to set them up. The computer will will be used primarily for photography editing and manipulation, music, video editing, some games and some work. I feel my original plan had far too many partitions then necessary so this is what I am thinking now.
Drive 1:
c:\ 100GB for OS, programs and games.
d:\ My Documents taking up the rest of the space
Drive 2:
e:\ Music taking up what isn't used for the below
f:\ 100GB Photography
g:\ 6GB for Pagefile/virtual memory (using the 3x Ram rule)
Does this seem like a good optimised set-up? Would you recommend that the OS is kept in its own partition, and programs and games go into their own? Would drive 2 be just as good kept as one lump and just keep tidy folders? Should I allow a partition to put a ghost back-up of the OS or c:\ drive? Any other recommendations?
Cheers!
Dan

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