Partition

[chapper777]

I read somewhere on this website that it is wise to get 2 hard drives, one to hold windows and another to hold important files and things. That way, if the windows hard drive gets any virus' or spyware, it wont do anything to the important files. Is this true? Second, would partitioning one drive do the same thing?

Thanks

 

[The_Other_One]

You could do this if you want. I personally prefer a main drive(boot, games, whatever) and an external backup drive(zip files, photo archive, etc...) No harddrive is full proof, so I always make backups of stuff I REALLY want on CDs/DVDs

As for partitioning, that's a yes/no answer. Logically, it'll be the same(two different drives) If your windows partition goes out, you still have your storage partition. However, if something goes wrong with your hardware on your HD, you loose both partitions.

Also, having a partition would be a bit slower anytime you try to access something from both partitions. Say you install a game, part it has to load crap from the windows dir or something for DirectX and the other has to load from the storage partition. The heads have to jump back and forth between partitions making it that much slower. Probably nothing major, but I feel sure two drives would be faster.

 

[jancz3rt]

Heya

It could be a good idea for sure. However keep in mind that some viruses will install themselves on all the present HDDs or will spread from one to another infecting the files of their choice. It would definitely be a good idea to have really important files on a different HDD. That way should Windows need to be reinstalled or even worse the HDD reformatted, you could still have your files on the other HDD intact. However back up is the best choice. Partitioning is a non-physical process of making the HDD act as if it were more drives. Having more HDDs instead is in my view a better choice.

JAN