What would the correct percentage of drive be for OS?
Would a 2nd hard drive used only for the OS serve the same purpose?
2006-06-18 05:02:37 · 6 answers · asked by Batty 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It really depends on how you are going to use your computer. If you need another hard drive, then you should partition it to have at least 10Gigs of memory. I would only do one partition unless I have a HUGE hard drive memory. The only good thing about having two hard drives is the fact you have the ability to install two Operating Systems on it.The RAMS will do the same amount of work as well as the processor, its up to you if you really need another drive for personal use.
2006-06-18 05:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by Sean I.T ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no correct percentage of a drive to hold the OS, since every OS is installed with different options and hard drives are not a fixed size. If you want a partition to install your OS on, make it at least 10GB. This way you'll leave room for swap and registry additions, plus whatever else might end up there.
A 2nd drive can serve the same purpose. Again, make sure it is big enough. I installed Win 2k on a 2GB drive and it was painfully slow. Now it's on an 8GB drive, with programs and files on a physically separate hard drive.
2006-06-18 12:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with the percentage... Each OS has a swap file, or partition for maintaining the virtual memory allocation. The larger the file is (or the partition) the better and more stable the OS will be. Tests show that this size should be the double of how much memory you have on the computer. So if you have let's say 256 Mb, the swap file shouldn't be larger then 512 Mb, etc...
So, refering to the question now, before installin gthe operating system (i should say any..) first look at how much space it will need (XP for example needs aprox. 1.2-1.3 Gb), add the swap file dimension and this is the recommended size for installing the OS.
Now, you'll probably want to add more programs, play some games, do some digital editing, etc....
2006-06-18 12:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by agent-X 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use the entire drive for the os and all files! Only one partition is necessary.
2006-06-18 12:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would want your O.S. on the "Master" HDD! The "Slave" HDD can be used for storage/ backups. You could make a partion of 50%. With 2 HDD's that would give you the equivilant of 4 HDD's. A 120GB would become 2-60GB. A 320GB would become 2-160GB. Etc.The only way to have your O.S. on the "Slave" and make it work, is to change the boot order in the bios. You have to boot to the drive which contains the O.S..
2006-06-18 17:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.... if you are installing Windows, a minimum of 25 GB
OS X min. of 15 GB
Windows XP requires 6 GB of space
Vista requires 10 GB
Mac OS X Tiger requires 4 GB
Mac OS X Panther requires 3 GB
2006-06-18 12:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by Sean Brackeen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋