Size of C:\ partition

SunnySusie

I find it easier just to avoid sites and downloads that will deliver viruses. But hey I know we all use the Internet differently ! I tried not using My Docs in the past but it just becomes a pain when everything defaults there. You'd have to have paranoia issues to worry about it tbh!

I think the only real reason to use partitions in this day and age is to allow for a quick wipe and re-installation of Windows without losing files. There isn't an exact science so don't worry too much. It prob depends how big your drive is in the first place. If you have a 500gb drive then just set it to be 50gb and be done! If you have a tiny drive I'd personally would just leave as one lump.

The thing you want to avoid is running out of space and having to faff with changing it around.

John_Gray

I can't see any obvious advantage in using anything other than a single partition per disk for a home PC (there are reasons for having a different layout for servers). On a single disk partition, you only have one area of Free Space to concern yourself about, and so you never have to resize the partitions because one or other had got too many files in it. Defragmenting is either done automatically (Vista, Windows 7) or can be done overnight for XP, with the PC being automatically shut down (if you use Defraggler, for example). In any event there's little to be gained in doing it more than once per week, or once per month!

Having two, three, four, etc, partitions on a hard disk might seem like a good idea at the time, to separate things logically - but you will never be able to choose the sizes correctly for future use, and you will regret this decision when your chosen partitions fill up differentially as time passes.