Re: Partitioning

[David Klaus]

On creating a separate partition for VPC, it really comes down to do 
you want to back up the DOS disk image with the rest of your regular 
backups.   Bear in mind you are talking about an entire Windows OS 
install, programs, and any data you store in the DOS disk image, and 
because it simply looks like another file to a Macintosh backup 
program any time you start VPC up, it will update the file and cause 
the entire file to be backed up by a Mac backup program.   When I was 
running VPC what I did was to place the DOS disk images on a separate 
partition, but then use the folder sharing function to map back to my 
documents area and store my work there.   That way when I backed up 
my data (every day) I also backed up just the documents from my VPC 
sessions and not the entire DOS disk image.

Thanks for the suggestions on partitioning, and Clyde's post raises 
another question about VirtualPC. When I first used old version 2.1, 
it required a separate partition that was quite limited in size and 
was a nuisance. Once again, I have one mission-critical Windoze app, 
so I got the current VirtualPC 6.1 (soon to be updated for the G5 
chip, I understand) and it installs just like an application, with 
no memory restrictions, etc., on my old G3.

Question: is it necessary or just a good idea to keep VirtualPC on 
its own partition in my new G5?

I don't do much at all with audio files, don't expect to use 
GarageBand or PhotoShop, but I intend to expand my file of digital 
photographs. I currently use an external 40 GB Firewire drive for 
file backup and graphics storage ('course my old B&W only has a 6 GB 
and an 18 GB drive) so at some point a larger external drive will 
make sense.

sdw7
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