Homebrew Gaming Machine

[kobaj]

Yes most people have one machine for games and one for internet/other. Would it work if I partioned my drive and on one partion it acted like a gaming rig and didnt have cookies,spyware,ect screwing with it cause I would never go onto the internet with that partion. And the other partion be my internet/other, that did have the cookies and what not so it would be slower. So when I start my pc, I could like choose which partion to start on, or is this completely crazy and I should think of something better.

 

[DCIScouts]

Well, you'd also have to install 2 instances of your OS on the two partitions to keep the cookies and other junk from interfering with the other partition. But yeah, if you've got the space to do it..., I'd go for it. I might try that myself...

 

[ripken2004]

well windows is only like 4.5 gigs normally, but ya this is totally possible

 

[apj101]

well windows is only like 4.5 gigs normally, but ya this is totally possible

4.5 ???? did you mean 1.5

 

[The_Other_One]

Yeah, windows only takes 1.5 gigs standard. Don't get too skimpy, though, with your space. XP does seem to like to hog the harddrive.

 

[ripken2004]

mines takes around 4 i thought, i guess ill rly find out when i do my next clean install

 

[kobaj]

Well when I hit the power button on my pc, how would it know which partion I wanted. Would a dos screen come up asking or what?

 

[ripken2004]

ya, a few secs into startup it will say select which one u wna load

 

[kobaj]

Could I also do this with two harddrives instead of two partions?

 

[flame1117]

You could try not egtting spyware and stuff to mess with your games.

 

[ripken2004]

u can do it on 2 hdd's , what internet browser do u use, plz use firefox and u will barely get any spyware at all

 

[kobaj]

Ya, I use firefox its just I cant exactly scan every week for that crap, plus I do tons of downloads each day. I just wanted to keap my work life and play life seperate. And thanks for all your help!

 

[ripken2004]

well have fun, and i only do my scans once a month and i barely ever have anything and i dload alot of crap

 

[Praetor]

Yeah, windows only takes 1.5 gigs standard. Don't get too skimpy, though, with your space. XP does seem to like to hog the harddrive.

Yes but you can allocated PF somewhere static anyways and if you have enough RAM you may not need PF. You can also allocate the temp folder elsewhere

Well when I hit the power button on my pc, how would it know which partion I wanted. Would a dos screen come up asking or what?

A menu will show up

Could I also do this with two harddrives instead of two partions?

Yes and that'd be much easier to work with ... no menus to navigate and such