Am Fri, 2 Sep 2016 01:53:31 +0200 schrieb Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>:
> On 01/09/2016 10:49, gevisz wrote: > > 2016-09-01 10:30 GMT+03:00 Matthias Hanft <m...@hanft.de>: > >> gevisz wrote: > [...] > >> > >> If your filesystem becomes corrupt (and you are unable to > >> repair it), *all* of your data is lost (instead of just > >> one partition). That's the only disadvantage I can think > >> of. > > > > That is exactly what I am afraid of! > > > > So, the 20-years old rule of thumb is still valid. :( > > No, it is not valid, and it is not true. > > Data corruption on-disk does not by and large (unless you are very > unlucky) corrupt file systems. It corrupts files. > > Secondly, by and large, most people have all the files they really > care about on one partition, called DATA or similar. Everything else > except your data can usually be reconstructed, especially the OS > itself. You probably store all that data in one volume simply because > it makes logical sense to do so. Data is read and written far more > than anything else on your disk so if you are unlucky enough to > suffer volume corruption it's likely to be on a) the biggest volume > and b) the busiest volume. In both cases it is your data, meaning > your data is what is exposed to risk and everything else not so much. This is one of the best points, and very easy to follow. *thumbsup* > Yes, this is a real factor you mention. It is detectable and > measureable. It's also minute and statistically irrelevant if you > haven't dealt with environmental factors that cause data damage > (dodgy ram, cables, psus, over-temps, brownouts). If those things > happen, and they WILL happen, you are 10-20 times at least more > likely to lose your data than anything else, no matter how you > partitioned the disk. So you can store everything in the same partition anyways. Especially since Windows doesn't have this distinction that all data should be where the user thinks it is (on "DATA or similar"). So an important part of your data is still on the OS drive anyways. Instead, make a backup of the complete user profile. But one should take into account: Not only the data has value. Also the work needed to reconstruct the OS and applications has value. So better put it in the backup, too. One more point for using one partition. -- Regards, Kai Replies to list-only preferred.
