1tb Hd Should I Partition?

[(B1) MR_fanny]

So its almost new years eve and im sitting here thinking whether i should partition my new 1TB portable hd. Bought it to store all my porn and movies and porn. So....is there any added value in partitioning it or will it be quite happy with me dumping it all on?

cheers.

[Mayuri Krab]

If you are only using the drive to store movies & <cough> porn <cough>, then I wouldn't bother with it. If you are using the drive for both OS & storage, then I would divide it into a small partition for OS & the larger one for you other *stuff*. Just to keep it more "organized"

Either way, don't over partition a HDD, as it will slow down performance (keep it at about 3 max) as the head has to travel all over the place to look for the relevant stuff on the disc.

PS: you do realize that you mentioned porn twice right?

[SHANE666]

2xporn hahaha gold!

[R31Nismoid]

ye dont partion... no point.

defrag it once every few months if it see's a fair bit of delete/write use. otherwise dont bother really

Dont use the windows one, there are better ones you can grab off the net. Faster too usually

[(B1) MR_fanny]

thanks fella's.

Ive accumulated a fair bit over the years they become sentimental after a while so I find it hard to delete them hence the porn X2..lol even though i dont watch them I like to know that they're still there.

when you mentiond defrag ash i was, eek on using the windows one. would take forever. any in particular you would recommend?

[Mayuri Krab]

I'm using diskeeper (vr10) for my HDD defrags, found it to be much faster than the windows one & you can schedule it when to defrag.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

thanks ill look it up.

[gumflapper]

+1 for what Mayuri Krab said

if ur gonna put a OS on there id spare 30GB for vista (if u use vista) and leave the rest for ur porn (and movies )...

for defrag, there is a program out there called O&O Defrag Pro v10.0 which is very good... ive used Diskeeper in the past and IMO i think that O&O is better... but you can still try both to see what u like...