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~~Girderman~~ · 06-03-2007, 03:25 AM

justpassingby & I have gotten into a side-discussion on whether or not partitioning a HD and allocating certain files (the O/S) to one partition and everything else to the other (I think that's the situation) will optimize the access to the drive.

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He says it does and I have my doubts. My operating assumption is that the hard drive itself is the rate determining step in the process, and so whatever is done on the platters is going to produce neglible results.

Basically, my understanding is that the only real "optimization" occurs with the pagefile, and only then if it's on a completely separate physical drive. This is what I have read.

Who's right ? And if justpassingby is correct, how "right" is he ? Is the optimization significant ? Or neglible ?

Thanks in advance,

Girdie

06-03-2007, 03:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
~~Girderman~~ Troubled Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,096 OS: XP Pro	Can Partitioning Optimize Hard Drive Access ? justpassingby & I have gotten into a side-discussion on whether or not partitioning a HD and allocating certain files (the O/S) to one partition and everything else to the other (I think that's the situation) will optimize the access to the drive. Full context Here He says it does and I have my doubts. My operating assumption is that the hard drive itself is the rate determining step in the process, and so whatever is done on the platters is going to produce neglible results. Basically, my understanding is that the only real "optimization" occurs with the pagefile, and only then if it's on a completely separate physical drive. This is what I have read. Who's right ? And if justpassingby is correct, how "right" is he ? Is the optimization significant ? Or neglible ? Thanks in advance, Girdie