If I create a disk partition, will my system work slower? Do you recommend to create a partition?

Answer 1

Yes! Yes! yes! Partition!

The primary and host drive is the " C\ " drive, which is where the op. system resides. It is also the default drive where your computer likes to install programs etc. at. Auxillary drives would be; D\, E\, F\, G\, H\, etc. The less that youi have on the C\ drive, the less your computer has to search through to run the O.S. Partition the HHD and install everything except the O.S. on the partition. Set shortcuts on the desktop to access programs residing on auxillary drives. I have only; 1) "XP" op. sys. , 2) Adobe, 3) JAVA, 4)OpenOffice, on my "C\" drive. ALL of my other files, programs, utilities ; widgets, firefox, on auxillary drives and everfything just works better.

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Answer 2

Your system will not work slower. Say you have 2 partitions, one for your C drive (or whatever operating system you have, be it Mac or Linux) when you launch a program, the OS only has to look in that particular partition to find the pertinent files. The smaller the partition, the less it has to look through to find the files. So partitioning can help your programs run faster, and help you find files more quickly.
On the other hand, modern hard drives are pretty fast, so it may not make much of a difference to partition. I'd do it if you have 200+ GB hard drive, make 100 for the OS and 100 for your saved files.

Answer 3

It depends on what you think personally about it, and you'll find opinions all over the spectrum of pro and con.

The most common positive aspect that I've seen and read about on the tech sites is that, if you install your OS (such as Windows XP) on the C drive/partition and all your software programs,etc. on another partition (say D), it will save you from having to reload all your software if you have to reformat and reinstall your OS.

For example: say you have problems and have to reinstall your Windows XP. When you insert the disk and the disk boots up, it will as you where you want to install it. You simply specify the "C" drive/partition and it will format ONLY that partition and not the whole hard drive and thus saves all your programs and data and you don't have to reinstall them all.

Of course, each time you install a new piece of software you'll have to specify which drive/partition you want it install in if you create more than one partition.

That's my 2 cents. Hope it helps.

Answer 4

no, it won't run slower. And I would create one. If you have to reformat your pc and reinstall windows. That's all you have to do, your files are another partition so they don't get deleted. There's no annoyance. When you want to go to your files. Just select that partition, in my computer, which you have to do for c anyway

Answer 5

I would recommend it only if your going to put in dual operating systems or have a specific purpose. Otherwise it can be just an annoyance and there is no purpose.