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Windows Vista Partition
- Thread starter yoops
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Vista itself requires almost 6-7gb for the install alone plus another large chunk of space for System Restore and all the other functions. 16gb for Vista is not enough.
BillLeeLee
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Indexing (may not be a huge concern), system restore, page file, your user directory, temp files, update-related files (like rollback information).
16 GB for a Vista system partition is too small, my Vista partition is 100 GB.
16 GB for a Vista system partition is too small, my Vista partition is 100 GB.
digital_exhaust
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You can use Vista's built in partitioning utility to increase the size of that partition....without reformatting, and your install will be fine.... assuming you have usable space "behind" your Vista partition....
I tried looking inside control panel but I'm having trouble finding the partitioning tool.. And I was wondering if this was a good way to seperate my HD's.. I'm still quite new at this..
I have 2 HD's
1 x 150gig WD Raptor 10k rpm
1 x 320gig Seagate 7.2k rpm
WD Raptor Partition
16 gig - OS only
The rest on the harddrive is where I install my programs.
Seagate
All my files are here, no programs installed.
digital_exhaust
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Ok... here's what I would do...
OS, programs, games on your Raptor....you want to keep your games and programs on the same partition as your OS.... and all of your data and storage, movies, music etc. on your other drive.
You can resize your Raptor.. right click on Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management.... select your OS partition and right click, and choose Expand Volume.... but first, you'll need to back up everything you have on the other partition(s) first, and then using the method outlined above, select that partition, right click and select Delete Volume... and then go ahead and expand your OS partition...
OS, programs, games on your Raptor....you want to keep your games and programs on the same partition as your OS.... and all of your data and storage, movies, music etc. on your other drive.
You can resize your Raptor.. right click on Computer>Manage>Storage>Disk Management.... select your OS partition and right click, and choose Expand Volume.... but first, you'll need to back up everything you have on the other partition(s) first, and then using the method outlined above, select that partition, right click and select Delete Volume... and then go ahead and expand your OS partition...
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I've got Vista running in a 30-something GB partition on my Raptor, works pretty well.
Dammit.. I had to listen to this other person on a different forum to create a 16gig partition for my vista... I had my setup before as you just said to.. Sigh..
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It's said to see how many people recommend splitting up their OS and programs. It makes no sense at all, especially when they are still on the same physical drive. Anyway, chalk it up to a lesson learned. If you do as suggested above, and keep each physical drive as one single partition, you won't lose a thing in performance, but you won't be confining yourself.