The main pro to partitioning hard drives is so that people can separate
all the data files from the program files, so if your operating system
fails and the computer can not boot, you can just reformat the boot
drive with out worrying about what files you have lost because there all
on a separate partition.

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Si Anderson


-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Closure
Sent: 16 December 2001 01:54
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Why would one want to partition a hard drive?

I have read about people partitioning hard drives, and I'm trying to
understand the benefits, as well as the down side.  On the upside,
separate
partitions could be made for each person who uses the computer, thus
isolating that person's files (although it would be just as easy to
create
directories for each person.)  And, likewise, those isolated files could
be
more easily deleted, copied, etc..  And, I guess you could defrag each
drive
individually.  But, does it do anything to improve day to day
operations?
And, what are the downsides?  Any tutorials out there about the pros and
cons?

William Closure

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