partitioning 500gb HD

dixbren · 11-10-2009, 11:03 PM

I have a 5 year old Dell XPS Generation 4,with Pentium 4, XP professional, Raid 0; the hard drive has seen better days and I have bought 2 WD 500 gb SATA drives as replacements. All I know is I do not want to go back with a Raid 0 again. 1. So would it be better to go back with Raid 1,or just install OS, programs on 1 HD then use the second for data, I have alot of music and pictures I would like to save? 2. Best way to partition 500gb HD? The installation looks pretty staightforward but I don't know about the rest of it so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Dogg · 11-11-2009, 08:07 AM

I would keep the drives separate. Also, if you keep your "OS" and "storage" drives separate (ie: different HDD's), then I would simply partition each drive as a single partition. I have used multiple partitions on my HDD's for years now since drives have gotten cheap.

11-10-2009, 11:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
dixbren Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	partitioning 500gb HD I have a 5 year old Dell XPS Generation 4,with Pentium 4, XP professional, Raid 0; the hard drive has seen better days and I have bought 2 WD 500 gb SATA drives as replacements. All I know is I do not want to go back with a Raid 0 again. 1. So would it be better to go back with Raid 1,or just install OS, programs on 1 HD then use the second for data, I have alot of music and pictures I would like to save? 2. Best way to partition 500gb HD? The installation looks pretty staightforward but I don't know about the rest of it so any help would be appreciated. Thanks

11-11-2009, 08:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,084 OS: XP sp3	Re: partitioning 500gb HD I would keep the drives separate. Also, if you keep your "OS" and "storage" drives separate (ie: different HDD's), then I would simply partition each drive as a single partition. I have used multiple partitions on my HDD's for years now since drives have gotten cheap. __________________ Google is your friend !