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From: Rod on 8 Jan 2010 16:39
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:01:25 -0600, Bob Adkins wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:17:28 -0000, "wasbit" <wasbit(a)live.co.ok> wrote:
>
>>
>>This being said... I've put in a considerable amount of time researching
>>this and have found partitioning disks where the OS is already installed a
>>sketchy endeavor, regardless of whether the software is commercial or free.
>>Quite a few people get lucky and it works, but a handful don't. The process
>>doesn't give me much of a warm fuzzy feeling.
>
> I'm trying to think why anyone would want to partition a HDD. Modern
> OS and BIOS can use up to 1.5TB partition sizes. If a drive crashes,
> all partitions are lost, so it's not a safety feature. Drives are now
> so cheap that you can buy 2 or 3 and have real drives, not just
> partitions.

I prefer one partition for the OS, and a second for image backup and data
files. If the OS goes south, then you can restore with a rescue CD right
from the HDD, and still preserve all your data. One huge partition gives
you no flexibility at all.
Whatever the user prefers. That's why they call it a "personal computer".
From: Bob Adkins on 11 Jan 2010 09:52
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:38:54 -0800, mike <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote:

> I'm a $2 computer kinda guy.

Me too.

I've had my 74GB Raptor for years. I'm saving pennies for a SSD. By
the time I save up enough beer can money for it, they should be very
fast, and glitch free. I use the cheapest large drives I can find for
storage, but use 2 for redundancy.
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