hard drive partitions

[prozac]

ive just got a new hard drive for my laptop, and wondering about partitions. Im thinking of making a 30 gig partition for samples only, with the other 70 for general use, ie where all the music programs are going to be stored.
any thoughts?
should i create other partitions... one for my own samples and another for purchased samples. one for presets, or anything else for that matter...
any ideas appreciated

[dan the acid man]

i'd say your first idea is the best way, have one partition for windows and program files, then another for your samples and documents.

[prozac]

cheers dan,
and what sizes would you keep the partitions?
ive heard 30 for program files and 70 for audio samples etc

[dan the acid man]

depends really, you have to look at how many programs your going to have installed, how big each one is, how big your os is etc.

[Barely Human]

Get a seperate harddrive for you samples. They are so cheap now that there really isnt a reason for not having one.

[prozac]

yeah but its in a laptop.
if the cpu is overloaded completely, isnt the usb connection one of the first things windows drops?
i remember having a bit of trouble with it before..

[Barely Human]

Sorry, didnt read your post propperly

Yeah, id partition it off. Another thing you could do is create 3 partitions. 1 for the basic os, 1 for programs, 1 for samples and storage. This means you can do a full os reinstall and know you wont lose any data. Check how much room all your samples and stuff take up at the moment and then make a guess on how much more space you will need in that partition in the near future, then partition it acordingly.

[prozac]

3 partitions?
no sacrifice on program speed?
if the program is in ram, not necessarily a problem...

[stjohn]

sup ric

i have about 15gb set aside for Windows... that should be more than enough.
Then one for Audio, one for Progams & Storage..

if possible create a Ghost Image of a healthy windows drive, saves a full reinstall. its a cunt sometimes to re authorize every plug in

[prozac]

cheers rory, good advice on the ghost image..
15 for windows, 15 for programs, 70 for audio?

[stjohn]

i reckon a bit more for programs...depends tho.. if you ever get stuck you could just put some on the audio drive i spose.

tbh tho, a friend runs programs as well as streams audio from his USB hd... so you might get a away with it, just as long as its not everything.

[BloodStar]

I would go for 30gb program files and 70 for samples. When you will need different size you can always adjust later with programs like Partition Magic, or similar.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

I would go for 30gb program files and 70 for samples. When you will need different size you can always adjust later with programs like Partition Magic, or similar.

I would say exactly the same.