Laptop hard drive split in 2

Redmikee

It is also slightly pointless backing up to a partition on the same drive because if that drive fails then you have lost the info in partition 1 and the backup info in partition 2.

Mike

xzibit

Redmikee wrote:

It is also slightly pointless backing up to a partition on the same drive because if that drive fails then you have lost the info in partition 1 and the backup info in partition 2.

Mike

thats what i thought. well i will look for the partition magic program or something and see if i can at least reduce it to a gig or something. or rename it.

alikat_3

Redmikee wrote:

It is also slightly pointless backing up to a partition on the same drive because if that drive fails then you have lost the info in partition 1 and the backup info in partition 2.

Mike

I agree to a point, although as another poster said earlier, it's your OS that's more likely to fail rather than your HD, saying that I myself back up on an external drive. But I choose to have a partioned drive because Windows runs best with lots of free space, while using your secondry drive for files & folders means your secondry drive works as a filing cabinet without interfering with Windows.

Redmikee

alikat wrote:

I agree to a point, although as another poster said earlier, it's your OS that's more likely to fail rather than your HD, saying that I myself back up on an external drive. But I choose to have a partioned drive because Windows runs best with lots of free space, while using your secondry drive for files & folders means your secondry drive works as a filing cabinet without interfering with Windows.

But if windows fails you can just reinstall it over the top without losing data no problem. i don't even bother backing up my OS because its as easy to reinstall as it is to restore it. Anyway its horses for courses, just making the point that its not the best for backing up precious files.

Mike