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From: Mark Warner on 18 Jul 2010 18:14 jim.s.witherspoon wrote: > > 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. For some *real* fun, ask this on a Linux group. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Gordon Darling on 18 Jul 2010 19:27 On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:55:10 +0000, Bear Bottoms wrote: > Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote in > news:8ahcn2F4puU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> jim.s.witherspoon wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> For some *real* fun, ask this on a Linux group. >> >> > Yeah, an operating system that installs on four partitions when it isn't > necessary. Awesome. Cretin -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Microsoft Security, Microsoft Help and Microsoft Works.
From: Duddits on 18 Jul 2010 19:31 On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:54:04 +0200, "s|b" <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote: >On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:05:57 -0400, Duddits wrote: > >> I use more than one drive for the following reasons. >> >> 1. Backups - If the main drive takes a dump the backups are easily >> restored to a new drive. Drives do go bad and if it hasn't happened >> to you it will. > >But what if you get struck by lightning? (That is why I also make >backups to external drives.) > I burn them to DVD so whatever works. External drives are slower than smoke off of do-do unless you are using eSata ;-) I have an old 160GB external drive in my "stuff I don't use" pile. >> 2. Swap file - Having your swap file on a separate drive speeds your >> drive up. > >Is there a significant difference? For example, I have 2 GiB RAM (-64 >MiB shared video memory) for WinXP Home SP3. I dunno - never bench marked it. On the box I'm using I'd say no. > >> 3. I don't do it but many do - RAID http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID > >I know it by name and I have vague knowledge about what it does. Same >question though: what if you get struck by lightning? My house *was* struck by lightning a few years back. Killed a Canon printer, Playstation 3, an older 4:3 TV and a microwave. All of my computers withstood it as I'm sure most newer computers would. A good power supply will have several certification standards dealing with power requirements. I consider myself a power user but don't spend lavishly on my computer builds. YMMV. regards Dud -- Latest budget multitasker build Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 PSU: COOLER MASTER Elite 460 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 630 Propus 2.8GHz Quad Core Ram: 4 GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 1333 Hard Drive: 750 GB Western Digital Caviar Black Video Card: SPARKLE SFPX94GT1024U2 GeForce 9400 GT 1GB DVD+R/RW: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW LightScribe
From: Duddits on 18 Jul 2010 19:38 On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:14:57 -0400, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibitions(a)gmail.com> wrote: >jim.s.witherspoon wrote: >> >> 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. > >For some *real* fun, ask this on a Linux group. No matter what they say EXT3 drives get fragmented!!! ;-) hehehe
From: Mark Warner on 18 Jul 2010 21:05
Duddits wrote: > Mark Warner wrote: >> jim.s.witherspoon wrote: >>> 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. >> For some *real* fun, ask this on a Linux group. > > No matter what they say EXT3 drives get fragmented!!! ;-) > > hehehe Thus and such from a scourger troll. Your knowledge is less than low. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying |