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Answer» Hi guys I just got myself a new computer OS Windows 7, with a 750 Gb hard drive in one single C drive. I am wondering whether or not i should CREATE a partition? If so, what size should the partition be? Thank you Depends on what you would use it for!Partitioning is a personal choice. I like a lot of partitions on my drives, but that's just me. You make the call.I heard somewhere from people more knowledgeable than me that a partition adds speed to your PC. Is that a true statement?NoOk thanks guys. yep I'd be interested to know what reasons were given for partitions speeding up an hardrive.Hi again These are the links to articles in which they mentioned multiple partitions could in deed speed up your PC. Keep in mind that compare to you I am just a layman, so maybe at somepoint I have misunderstood some of their EXPLANATIONS. Anyhow thanks for your help, it comes in pretty handy. http://www.cyberiapc.com/20speed.htm http://partition.radified.com/partitioning_2.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning Quote from: windingroad on January 15, 2011, 10:54:09 AM I heard somewhere from people more knowledgeable than me that a partition adds speed to your PC. Is that a true statement? In some cases it can reduce the load time for some programs. But it can also do just the opposite. On average, the advantage is slight. But if you want to win a speed contest with your friends, partitioning is one way to tweak your system to give you a slight advantage. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 15, 2011, 12:56:35 PM In some cases it can reduce the load time for some programs. But it can also do just the opposite. On average, the advantage is slight. But if you want to win a speed contest with your friends, partitioning is one way to tweak your system to give you a slight advantage. Nonsense! Partitioning does NOTHING to speed up your system. Quote from: Allan on January 15, 2011, 01:00:06 PM Nonsense! Partitioning does NOTHING to speed up your system. What have you been reading?If you think otherwise please provide documentation for your claim. Quote from: Allan on January 15, 2011, 01:07:18 PM If you think otherwise please provide documentation for your claim. That will do little good if you don't read them I am not the one making a absurd claim. It is you. You are the one that made a broad sweeping statement, not I. The OP has already stated that he found references and you came back and ignored his research with a broad statement that can not possibly be true. It is a gross generalization. He is a quotation from a respected professional. It is reasonable, does not make broad claims and explains what the issues are and why they could be significant. Quote Using Windows XP > Computer Setup and Maintenance Best practices for partitioning a hard disk Published: June 6, 2005 By Mitch Tulloch I'm often asked, "What's the best way to partition your hard drive?" Typically, I answer, "What do you mean by 'best'? Are you looking for the best performance? Best reliability? Best usability?" There's no single answer to how you should partition hard disks on a computer running Windows XP. What I can offer are some suggestions BASED on my personal experience. Depending on your budget and goals, you can choose the solution that works best for your system. In this column, I'll focus on three areas where your partitioning scheme can really make a DIFFERENCE: • Organizing your work • Safeguarding your data • Boosting your computer's performance He work is found on http://Microsoft.com and many others echo his findings. Performance is often equated to both CPU speed and disk response time for a given set of operations the would include HDD seek time and read and write completions.The average user perceives performance improvement as a speed improvement. Like saying "My car goes faster on good road, but not as fast on a bad road." On the contrary, YOU are claiming that multiple partitions will increase speed. Either provide documentation for that claim or accept / acknowledge that you are posting nonsense. Please do not continue arguing unless you can document your claim.

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Hi guys

I just got myself a new computer OS Windows 7, with a 750 Gb hard drive in one single C drive. I am wondering whether or not i should CREATE a partition? If so, what size should the partition be?

Thank you
Depends on what you would use it for!Partitioning is a personal choice. I like a lot of partitions on my drives, but that's just me. You make the call.I heard somewhere from people more knowledgeable than me that a partition adds speed to your PC. Is that a true statement?NoOk thanks guys.

yep
I'd be interested to know what reasons were given for partitions speeding up an hardrive.Hi again

These are the links to articles in which they mentioned multiple partitions could in deed speed up your PC. Keep in mind that compare to you I am just a layman, so maybe at somepoint I have misunderstood some of their EXPLANATIONS. Anyhow thanks for your help, it comes in pretty handy.

http://www.cyberiapc.com/20speed.htm
http://partition.radified.com/partitioning_2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning Quote from: windingroad on January 15, 2011, 10:54:09 AM

I heard somewhere from people more knowledgeable than me that a partition adds speed to your PC. Is that a true statement?

In some cases it can reduce the load time for some programs. But it can also do just the opposite. On average, the advantage is slight. But if you want to win a speed contest with your friends, partitioning is one way to tweak your system to give you a slight advantage. Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 15, 2011, 12:56:35 PM

In some cases it can reduce the load time for some programs. But it can also do just the opposite. On average, the advantage is slight. But if you want to win a speed contest with your friends, partitioning is one way to tweak your system to give you a slight advantage.

Nonsense! Partitioning does NOTHING to speed up your system. Quote from: Allan on January 15, 2011, 01:00:06 PM

Nonsense! Partitioning does NOTHING to speed up your system.

What have you been reading?If you think otherwise please provide documentation for your claim. Quote from: Allan on January 15, 2011, 01:07:18 PM

If you think otherwise please provide documentation for your claim.

That will do little good if you don't read them
I am not the one making a absurd claim. It is you.
You are the one that made a broad sweeping statement, not I. The OP has already stated that he found references and you came back and ignored his research with a broad statement that can not possibly be true. It is a gross generalization.
He is a quotation from a respected professional. It is reasonable, does not make broad claims and explains what the issues are and why they could be significant.
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Using Windows XP > Computer Setup and Maintenance
Best practices for partitioning a hard disk
Published: June 6, 2005
By Mitch Tulloch

I'm often asked, "What's the best way to partition your hard drive?" Typically, I answer, "What do you mean by 'best'? Are you looking for the best performance? Best reliability? Best usability?" There's no single answer to how you should partition hard disks on a computer running Windows XP. What I can offer are some suggestions BASED on my personal experience.

Depending on your budget and goals, you can choose the solution that works best for your system. In this column, I'll focus on three areas where your partitioning scheme can really make a DIFFERENCE:
• Organizing your work
• Safeguarding your data
• Boosting your computer's performance

He work is found on http://Microsoft.com and many others echo his findings.

Performance is often equated to both CPU speed and disk response time for a given set of operations the would include HDD seek time and read and write completions.The average user perceives performance improvement as a speed improvement. Like saying "My car goes faster on good road, but not as fast on a bad road."
On the contrary, YOU are claiming that multiple partitions will increase speed. Either provide documentation for that claim or accept / acknowledge that you are posting nonsense. Please do not continue arguing unless you can document your claim.

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