partitioning and backup strategy etc.
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From: M.L. on 18 Jul 2010 08:26 >>>I've got a single partition on my primary hard drive, and I'm looking to >>>improve on my partitioning and backup strategy. Been googling, but I'd >>>like to know what savvy ACFers do. >>>What do you have on each partition? >>>How big is the partition that has your Windows directory? > >C:: Windows 7 = 40GB >D:: Programs = 40GB >E:: Music = 620GB >40GB for the OS, not much breathing room for when you install software and for the User >Profiles, etc. Fortunately any one of the following Win7 apps can be used to safely repartition the drive when needed. EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition OS: Win(32) XP/Vista/Win7 http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm Partition Wizard OS: Win(32/64) 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Win7 http://www.partitionwizard.com/
From: Rod on 18 Jul 2010 09:16 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:24:52 -0500, jim.s.witherspoon wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a single partition on my primary hard drive, and I'm looking to > improve on my partitioning and backup strategy. Been googling, but I'd > like to know what savvy ACFers do. > > What partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? What do you have > on each partition? How big is the partition that has your Windows > directory? What partitioning tool(s) do you use? What's your strategy for > backing up your partitions? What tool(s) do you use? > > I'll appreciate any replies. > > jim I use at least 2 partitions. I use one for OS and programs, and a second for data files/profiles/downloaded files. I use Macrium Free to image C: to the 2nd partition so that if the OS gets hosed, I can restore from the image w/o reinstalling everything. I also backup the 2nd partition to an external HDD occasionally. If I have a large HDD, I may use a 3rd partition for music and temporary directories such as those needed for video or audio editing,etc. This scenario works well for me, but everyone does it differently to suit their needs.
From: Bjorn S. on 18 Jul 2010 09:54 jim.s.witherspoon wrote in <14rswdfsp8f23.52t9yh53dg4.dlg(a)40tude.net> (Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:24:52 -0500): >What partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? What do you have >on each partition? C: OS and a few stubborn programs insisting on C: D: Programs E: Mail and News F: Files/documents (aka My Documents) Creating a image of the C and D drive ever so often, makes a complete restore easy when required. (I also keep older and fairly "fresh" images of C on hand if I just need to start over with the OS). then only use a file backup program (Cobian) to backup relevant folders and files from E and F. Currently I keep my archive of downloaded zip files etc on D, this usually goes on a external USB drive. -- All the best, Bjorn S. - I only post via <news.individual.net>.
From: Duddits on 18 Jul 2010 10:10 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:24:52 -0500, "jim.s.witherspoon" <jim.s.witherspoon(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hi all, > >I've got a single partition on my primary hard drive, and I'm looking to >improve on my partitioning and backup strategy. Been googling, but I'd >like to know what savvy ACFers do. > >What partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? What do you have >on each partition? How big is the partition that has your Windows >directory? What partitioning tool(s) do you use? What's your strategy for >backing up your partitions? What tool(s) do you use? > >I'll appreciate any replies. > >jim Drive 1 - 750GB WD Caviar Black C: 100GB - Windows encoding installable "Program Files" D: 100GB - Portable "Program Files" E: The Rest - music, downloads, databases, digital camera photos, etc, etc F: DVD/CD burner Drive 2 - 8GB WD Caviar G: 80GB - Swap File 4GB minimum 4GB maximum, backup files, Alt.binz & it's temporary downloads Drive 3 - 80GB Deskstar H: 80GB - TrueCrypt encrypted partition My rational: 1. Windows on a small quick to defrag partition 2, Windows on the fastest drive 3. Swap file on a separate drive to help prevent thrashing between swap files and OS and/or programs 4: Only C and G's portable program folder need to be defraged on a regular basis since the others are rarely used archive files or files that are destined to be burned to DVD/CD I have set Puran Defrag to automatically do a boot time defrag on C: once a week I manually defrag G's portable programs folder a few times/month. hth Dud -- Trolls only live if you feed them!
From: Duddits on 18 Jul 2010 10:27
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:24:52 -0500, "jim.s.witherspoon" <jim.s.witherspoon(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hi all, > >I've got a single partition on my primary hard drive, and I'm looking to >improve on my partitioning and backup strategy. Been googling, but I'd >like to know what savvy ACFers do. > >What partitions do you have on your primary hard drive? What do you have >on each partition? above answered in another post >How big is the partition that has your Windows directory? 100GB - 8GB used >What partitioning tool(s) do you use? Parted Magic http://partedmagic.com/ >What's your strategy for backing up your partitions? I do an incremental backup of C weekly to another drive. Digital photos are backed up whenever I transfer new photos from my camera. >What tool(s) do you use? I use the full version of Paragon Drive Backup Pro 9 that was a giveaway a few months back. Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition will do pretty much everything as well. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/ > >I'll appreciate any replies. Glad to help. > >jim regards Dud -- Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Leonard McCoy |