My uncle has the same HDD as me (Seagate 320GB) and he insists i make a partition on it so that i can load all the exe and other data.. But isnt this the same as making a folder for those?? Or somehow parition can save from data corruption etc?? What is the benefit ??
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Partition or not?
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Chernobyl1
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It keeps the operating system away from workspace.
If anything goes wrong in the workspace, the OS should remain intact.
After a crash, waiting for windows to scan the whole disk is a bind, a smaller partition to scan makes for a happier experience.
Downloading/copying/deleting torrents etc will fragment the drive.
Windows does a good enough job of fragmenting itself without any help so its wise to keep it separate from data that gets fragmented frequently.
A virus or other type of attack on the Windows partition wont risk all your data.
If anything goes wrong in the workspace, the OS should remain intact.
After a crash, waiting for windows to scan the whole disk is a bind, a smaller partition to scan makes for a happier experience.
Downloading/copying/deleting torrents etc will fragment the drive.
Windows does a good enough job of fragmenting itself without any help so its wise to keep it separate from data that gets fragmented frequently.
A virus or other type of attack on the Windows partition wont risk all your data.
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2 hard drives is better 
Windows should be on the fastest.
Windows should be on the fastest.
I always recommend the people to make a single partition that takes up the whole drive.
Fragmentation shouldn't be a problem, as the windows files are already written to the HDD. Then WindowsXP has the so called Prefetch feature, which gathers startup data for a faster startup.
Then we have: Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, etc. Just watch what you're doing. If you don't know get a good virus scanner. I myself did never use any, and in five years i had zero problems with such things.
Fragmentation shouldn't be a problem, as the windows files are already written to the HDD. Then WindowsXP has the so called Prefetch feature, which gathers startup data for a faster startup.
Then we have: Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, etc. Just watch what you're doing. If you don't know get a good virus scanner. I myself did never use any, and in five years i had zero problems with such things.