I would consider 14GB for the System Volume Information to be excessive Are you indexing everything, or do you hold a large restore history, wastebin etc
Also - A single directory containing 32GB of documents could probably benefit from being split to ease backup and other management not least of which is the time taken for Windows Explorer to 'open' that , and the next directory level up (If, as I suspect, your 32GB documents directory contains a mix of your data and imported/acquired documents, then your recovery process would benefit from splitting off your data - very few people have more 'own data' than will fit on a DL DVD) As Jimmy said - keep your data separate from the OS and programs Also keep the OS and general applications separate A backup of your applications would be useful for fast system re-creation, but you can always re-install and re-specialise You can re-install the applications from the CD's and, if you have an appropriate backup you can take your work to another PC If you keep just the OS, hardware and system management facilities on the OS partition ( together with appropriate working space) then a backup of that (after clearing out the temporary workfiles etc. will probably pack onto a single DVD as well So - recovery to a new hard drive would be restore the OS partition ( as same size as it was when saved Create partitions for your data and general applications restore your data restore your applications re-install your essential applications and you're up and running, probably in less than three hours JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:49 PM Subject: Re: Reformatting HD > Having you documents / data in a separate partition or on a separate drive > makes it much easier to backup what needs to be backed up. > > I have my data on a USB hard drive, this way if I have a system crash, I can > unplug the drive, and plug it into another system and keep working. > > I also back this drive up to another drive. > > Supposedly you have the installation disks for all your programs so there is > not need to back them up. > > Jimmy A. Hughes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~homeinspector/ > Thanks for all your suggestions. > > Right now, my largest directories are > > Documents 32GB (approx) > System Volume Information 14GB > Programs 8GB > Windows 3.5GB > > If it's not advisable to have Programs in another partition and Windows and > SysVolInfo cannot be in another partition, what are the advantages of having > that 2nd partition, just for the Documents directory? > > Thanks. > -- > Pete Holsberg > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
