which is better or advisable to have a partition or not?

Answer 1

I think that partition is only useful to organize the computer. It keeps it really organized. One partition for the OS. Another for PICS. Another for documents etc. I do not think it makes any difference besides organizing.

Answer 2

You really dont need to partition, but its not a bad idea if you are installing an OS. You can make a small partition, like 3 or 4 gigs, and put your OS in it. Then put everything else in the other one. This will come in handy if you ever need to reinstall, you wont have to backup your files. You can just select the small partition to format and install on. Its also good if you plan on having more than one OS, well its the only way really, cause you can only have one OS per partition . Make sure that the partition you put the OS on is a Primary partition, and not Logical. People claim that Windows will boot up faster if its on its own partition, I havent really noticed much difference though. A partition also comes in handy if you plan on having alot of really large files, like programs or games. Or if you have alot of media files, especially video clips or movie files. Also, even if you plan on having everything on a single partition, you can create a smaller sized empty partiton as an emergency storage bin. Just leave it empty until you need to backup important files, you can move them to that partition, and just format or whatever you need to do to the other one. Also, you can have a hidden partition, that wont show up as a drive listed in "My Computer". This is good for your private personal files, or really important "top secret" files. So, yeah there are good reasons to partition, but its not really a must

Answer 3

Having your hard drive partitioned actually speeds up your system because the computer doesn't have to search the entire hard drive for files. I have 2 partitions on my computer the first or primary partition has my operating system, and Microsoft Office. My 2nd partition has all of my other software.

Plus if your system crashes and you have saved all of your work to your 2nd partition the only thing you will have to do is reinstall your operating system, and any software that you had installed, you won't loose your saved files that way.

Answer 4

I am not quite sure what you mean. I like putting all my important stuff on a different partition then Windows, so if something happens to Windows and I can't fix it, then I don't have to worry about losing anything when I wipe it.

Answer 5

Not having a partition is like having "all your eggs in one basket". So incase of disaster you lose all data. Hence partitioning the HDD is advisable. Helps keep data recoverable incase of disaster.