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Originally Posted by TJohn
Do you use your raptor for your os? I already have a external Maxtor 120 GB drive I can use for storage. Would you still recommend partitioning the internal? And pardon my ignorance but is that standard procedure anyway?
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sorry it took so long to get back
yes i use my raptor for my os
as a rule (for me at least) i dont have a drive over 120 gig (partitioned) on any of my boxes
my 300 gig drive is seperated into 45 gig for a backup of my os drive
and then 120 and 120
(about that since its not actually 300 its like 280somethin)
i think its alot easier to organize data that way
i have another box with an old athlon xp that has a 200 gig hard drive
i have it partitioned into 40 for my operating system and then 80 and 80 (again approximate)
i find it alot easier to back up the whole drive that way and keep things organized (i a 40 gig that i use for backup)
i guess its more of a personal preference but i find it very handy
i dont know how other people partition there disks
ive been doing it for a while
(i seem to remember reading something about partitioning a large drive helping it with speed since it doesnt have to search the whole drive it can just jump the the partition but im not sure if thats true or not)
but the common thing i have in my systems is i have two hard drive
that way if one goes bad i still have the other with the backup (or the original) which you would be able to do with your external
overall i dont really notice a speed difference between my raptor and my 300 gig
i watch movies off both
do a bit of video editing and run alot of cad software
the one thing i dont do is hardcore gaming so i dont know what to say for that
if you do alot of heaving gaming you might want to go with a raptor because it is optimal performance
but if you can deal with a not even noticable difference i would just go with the 200 gig one