On 02/03/2014 02:31 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Octavio Alvarez! > >>>> IIRC, Beatrice said that she uses separate directories for OS and apps >>>> because of the use of an SSD; an explicit directory selection occurred. >>> >>> Well, that was a wrong way to do it then. >>> You MUST install applications on the same partition as your OS to avoid >>> unnecessary writes. This is how WinSxS works. > >> I'd guess the SSD was for the OS. And what if the SSD is not big enough >> to hold all the C:\Program Files? > > As I said, installing applications somewhere else is a quick way to overflow > your primary partition due to the way WinSxS works. (Basically, when you > install your application on different partition, it has to COPY libraries, > instead of making hardlinks to them, as it usually would.) > It SHOULD have enough space for your applications. Smallest SSD I saw was, > like, 60gb? In my experience, half that space is sufficient for a quite heavy > workspace (3DS, Photoshop, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD and quite a ton of plugins and > additional tools supplementing the workflow).
Disclaimer: I know nothing about WinSxS. Found about it because of your comments. I hope no to sound too pedantic. I found this [1] from Microsoft which actually suggests offloading program files from the system volume. I'm just trying to make a use case for choosing a directory other than C:\Program Files and why having the RmDir /R so exposed is more harmful than helpful. [1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2795190 - How to address disk space issues that are caused by a large Windows component store (WinSxS) directory . _______________________________________________ dia-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia
