Partition #1, 2 gig, the primary OS, all of my applications and utilities.
2 GB is ok, if might be tight if you use apps that write big scratch files. Figure that after the OS and apps, you want a full GB free.
FWIW, I use 2 GB hard drives in many of my Macs as boot volumes. I go to 4 GB drives if the Mac has a pig like Photoshop or Office on it...
Partition #2, 2 gig, an exact copy of volume #1 to reboot from should #1 became nasty.
Waste of time and space. Make a bootable backup on JAZ or CD.
Question - could I use this partition to replace #1 should #1 become so sick as to need to be replaced?
Yea. But by that time you have other things wrong...
Could I do this simply by dragging volume #2 on to #1 and dropping it?
Boot on it first, then drag, wait for the copy to complete, then bless the system folder (by opt-doubleclicking on it)
Another question - How would I keep the settings for both the OS and the other applications the same on both partitions. If I could keep them synchronized, I would not have to reset all of my settings, preferences and options in the newly restored primary partition.
You can use Retrospect to update one with the other. Works ok.
Partition #3, 3 gig, this would be my Document volume. This volume would hold all of my correspondence, journals, and the rough draft of my first best selling novel (which isn't written, outlined, or even conceived of present).
Ok.
Partition #4, 1 gig, this is the CD burning volume. I like this idea. Makes great sense. There is a Yamaha CD burner in the machine, on the SCSI buss but I don't have a driver for it or the Toast program (but the lights on the machine go on).
blech. Create virtual disk file(s) using Disk Copy or Toast. That way, in a pinch, you can delete 'em and have the space usable.
Partition, #5 12 gig, The Pool. In the Pool go my graphics, music and audio files, the files that are most likely to expand exponentially, and anything else that I don't know what to do with.
Way too many partitions to manage. Simplify.
One partition for the OS and apps. One partition for your work.
Of course, separate hard drives would be even better.
Final questions. Should documents and their applications reside on the same volume or is it OK for them to be in separate volumes?
I prefer my docs on one disk (partition) and the apps with the system. Some apps cramp up if they aren't on the same partition as the System Folder.
I have Retrospect Express V.4.3. I would like to do all of my backing up on Write Only CDs. Should I make a back up volume on my 20 meg HD in one of the partitions as well?
You can, if you want.
FWIW, don't depend soley on one set of CDs as backups. I've got backup CDs less than a year old that are unreadable...
And lastly how do I make unequal partitions? It looks like Drive Setup wants to make only equal size partitions.
Custom setup, move the slider around.
- Dan.
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