Partitioning Hard Drive for Games

[firas]

Hi all,
I’ve partitioned my primary hard drive (640GB) to three equal partitions (about 200GB each)
C for Vista
D for XP, which I don’t use at all so this partition is practically empty
E for data

what I know is that the first or primary partition will be located on the fastest outer edge segments of the hard drive by default when you set up multiple partitions
and the more space (percentage) you use from the primary partition the slower the OS will get

so all games are installed on C and now I’m using about 180GB from it
and I’m thinking of taking 100GB from D and add it to C

and ideas?

 

[Nenu]

You havent asked a question.
Any ideas on what?
Is the config not to your liking?

 

[atbnet]

Why not just move D to C since you don't use it.

 

[MrF]

and I’m thinking of taking 100GB from D and add it to C

and ideas?

If your question is about how you can do that (your question is not clear), you can use gparted live.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

You burn the iso onto a CD and boot to it. It lets you make any changes to your partitions.

It is always best to backup your irreplaceable data before manipulating partitions.

 

[firas]

thanks for the replies and sorry for not clearing that up, I know how to do it but I was looking for the best partitioning method for a gamming rig like mine, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s games are occupying 150GB+ cuz these games 10 games can easily do it.

is it ok to install some games on D drive? or as I mentioned before the first primary partition would offer better performance?

is it true that using like say more than 50% of the partition space would lower the speed (even with defragging)? which means if I was planning to install like 200GB of games I should try install them on a 400GB partition?