Is this a good Partition setup?

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Satummoo

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I have a seagate 1.5tb drive and I'm using it as my main drive

So far this is what I have:

Partition 1: OS/Games 230GBs (Full format option in windows install)
Partition 2: Movies/Music/Pictures 1.2TB (Did quick format option)

I have a few questions. Do you guys think 230gb is too small for gaming? I don't do a ton of gaming but is it too small? Also, in the future, can I easily take some space from partition 2 to add to partition 1? Also, what size of data strips should I format partition 2? I'm using the windows format option which 4,000 is the highest. Is this the best for movie files with some music and pictures? So far I used the "defualt" setting which i'm not sure where it's set at.

One other question: What's the best HD benchmark software to test to see if my seagate is running quick? Thanks :)
 
Yes, you can shrink partitions and add them to the other easily. It's a wise strategy, if you ever want to reformat your OS disk, you won't have to wipe out your movies/music/pictures at the same time, either.
 
Same strategy I've used on my PC... albeit with a much larger disk. I only have a 640GB disk, and prefer to use my 1.5TB for pure mass-storage. It does work quite well, and as Syntax Error said, if your OS ever decides to go rotten on you, you can't hurt your media.
 
I never partition my drives. I use seperate physical disks or machines for certain things.
 
In my test/gaming rig I just set up 3 WD6400AAKS drives in Raid 0 and short stroked a 200GB partition for OS and the rest for working space. I know, I know, risky to put the OS on a Raid 0 volume, but oh well, I'm just playing around with it, and it averages around 300MB/s read. Anyway, I've got WHS backing it up every night anyway.
 
Well, you are doing what I am, but I could only afford to get a 500 gig drive earlier this year. I have 100 gig for XP, 100 gig for Vista, and about 260 gig for local data storage. All of my main storage is on a NAS box.

Backing up an OS drive is not necessary, IMHO. You can easily reinstall your OS and APPs. Just make sure you are saving any important data to your data partition.

Benchmarking your OS drive is always tricky, since the OS can interfere with the benchmarking process. But from the description or your setup, you should be in good shape. The 1.5 is not the fastest drive around, but offers a great compromise between storage space and speed.

Of a more important note, you did not mention your backup strategy for your data partition. You are entrusting a lot of data to single drive. Remember, it can fail at any time with no warning. Any important data should be backed up AT LEAST once, if not twice. Trust me on this. You do not want to loose the significant other's photos. You will be paying for that for years. ;)

Don
 
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