Windows Partition?

[RuSty13]

Hey Guys, Im about to reformat my computer, but I was wondering, is there a way to install ONLY windows and Windows NEEDED components on one partition, and everything else (data etc) on the other partition?

If anyone has done this can you please give me an example (Like This) :

C: Contenets Go Here

X: Contents Go Here.

Thanks guys,

- RuSty13

 

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[Ice Czar]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=741512
http://partition.radified.com/partitioning.htm
http://zapwizard.com/Partitioning/How-To.html

 

[ameoba]

Don't.

It's one thing to place data on another partition but trying to just put windows on a partion is a bad idea. Windows + programs is a decent idea.

Why is it a bad idea? For starters, if you have a partition that's just big enough for Windows, you'll run out of room; between updates & files that installed programs feel deserves to be put in c:\windows\.... if you try to keep that partition tiny, you will lose. Then you have programs that, no matter where you tell them to install, but some crap in c:\program files\.

And, even if you don't run out of space there, the vast majority of programs simply will not work without all of their registry entries, so having them someplace 'safe' during a reinstall does you no good; they just won't work without reinstalling anyways.

 

[Ice Czar]

you can but it does complicate the hell out of stuff as ameoba points out
for a reinstall youd basically need to replace the registry from a backup to restore the access, and the extra space he pointed out is true as well

I always keep the OS and aps together
but the data partitions are all over the place