2009-02-04, 09:15 PM
for the 70G HDD I'd do
4G partition for pagefile using FAT32
30G partition for OS (windows)
rest for off-time backup, ie stuff you would NEVER likely to touch again.
for the 320 HDD, I'd do
4G partition for pagefile using FAT32
80G partition for Apps/Games
rest for backups/others.
pagefiles doesnt need the transaction capabilities in NTFS, thus FAT32 is better.
It is better (IMO) to split your apps and OS to make use of multiple disks concurrently. The 4G pagefile on each disk is just a suggested number. I usually do 1.5xRAM + 32 Mbytes (IIRC). The exact formula can be found somewhere.
You can also relocate the caches for certain apps etc, but that's a bit too hand-on. 30G for the OS drive is big enough since most apps go to the 2nd drive. Some apps however doesnt let you change their installation path. MS for example requires around 3G of space on your primary drive for caching while it tries to install. Finally the offline backup is stuff you're likely to look at every blue moon.
4G partition for pagefile using FAT32
30G partition for OS (windows)
rest for off-time backup, ie stuff you would NEVER likely to touch again.
for the 320 HDD, I'd do
4G partition for pagefile using FAT32
80G partition for Apps/Games
rest for backups/others.
pagefiles doesnt need the transaction capabilities in NTFS, thus FAT32 is better.
It is better (IMO) to split your apps and OS to make use of multiple disks concurrently. The 4G pagefile on each disk is just a suggested number. I usually do 1.5xRAM + 32 Mbytes (IIRC). The exact formula can be found somewhere.
You can also relocate the caches for certain apps etc, but that's a bit too hand-on. 30G for the OS drive is big enough since most apps go to the 2nd drive. Some apps however doesnt let you change their installation path. MS for example requires around 3G of space on your primary drive for caching while it tries to install. Finally the offline backup is stuff you're likely to look at every blue moon.