2007-03-22 01:09:42 · 9 answers · asked by I AM BACK 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
A second partition can be used to install a second operating, so you can run two different versions of Windows, or Windows and Unix on your PC.
Can also be used as a backup disk, to help protect against data loss.
Some people like to keep their programs in one partition and their data in another. Makes it easier to back up just the data. Also, using smaller partitions increases your "seek" time. The smaller the area your computer has to search through to find something, the faster it will find it and the faster the PC will run. (We are talking milliseconds of difference)
And some, like me, like to have one partition for work related stuff and another for personal stuff. Reducing that risk that while "playing" on my computer I might delete something important for work.
2007-03-22 01:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Main benefit would be installing a different Operating System on the new partition.. Or just having a partition for backup if something happens to drive C: which contains windows..
2007-03-22 01:14:34 · answer #2 · answered by ..::|QATAR|::.. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes oerating system and softwares get currpted required to be reloaded including formating. With partition these can be kept in a separate partition whereas all other data can be kept in other partition.
Check the following bebefits :
Partitioning allows the creation of several file systems on a single hard disk. This has many benefits, including:
Allowing for dual boot setups (for example, to boot Microsoft Windows and Linux), which means the user can have more than one operating system on his/her computer.
Sharing swap partitions between multiple Linux distributions, which means less hard drive space is wasted on Linux swap partitions.
Protection or isolation of files, which means if the operating system stops working, it can just be reinstalled without, hopefully, deleting the user's personal files and settings.
Raising overall computer performance. Hard drives with one partition have very large MFT Tables and are generally slower than hard drives with multiple partitions.
Higher level of data organization increasing the user efficiency of the system, for example a partitioned drive dedicated to digital movie processing.
Partitions may be customized to different requirements, for example, allowing for read-only partitions to protect data - if one partition is damaged, none of the other file systems are affected, and the drive's data may still be salvageable.
2007-03-22 01:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by Shemit 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dual boot...You can format one drive/partition while effecting the other(s). I store all of my songs videos and other stuff on my 2nd partition while keeping just the OS on the primary partition.
2007-03-22 01:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by Demetrius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having two different OS for dual booting. Having backups. Isolating files and organization. Computer performance.
2007-03-22 01:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ale 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Case of Fromatting ur data can easily be backuped on the other drive.
2007-03-22 01:31:09 · answer #6 · answered by AVANISH JI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lot's of benefits are there.
1. if an error occurs , useing scan disk we can easily find error particular disk.
2. we can save our time while searching for a files.
2007-03-22 01:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
protect some of your data incase of damage
and its easy to manage your work
2007-03-22 01:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by davi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
expanded memory
2007-03-22 03:29:50 · answer #9 · answered by chuck h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋