---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Partitioning Date: Monday, 02. January 2012 From: Valter Prahlad <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > > Partitioning has always been (and still is, I see) a matter of personal > taste. > Like everything in life, there's no "One size fits all". :-) > > On my HD, I still have three main partitions (plus one for scratch disk). > Since I'm keen on organization, it helps keeping things separated. > Some advantages: > - Faster file searchs > - Faster backups (I can backup just one partition) > - It's simpler to remember the file/folder trees (I always know a certain > kind of files can only be in that partition) > - I can keep differents OS9 System folders for Classic and for OS9 boot > - If there's some disk problem on some partition, it's faster running a > disk repair tool on that partition alone (this was more true in OS9 > times).
Full ack. I have exactly the same thinking… > I totally agree with you, it doesn't offer any protection from data loss, > though. True. That’s someting always to keep in mind… Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
