Re: Win2K/XP partitioning (RE: [TP600]Result of Win2k and Backup experiments)

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From: David Goldman (David_at_DGoldman.Com)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 17:43:36 EDT


At 03:55 PM 7/1/2002, Michael Geary wrote:
>> I wanted a small fat boot patition, a NTFS system patition,
>> a NTFS apps patition, and a NTFS data patition.
>
>Having so many NTFS partitions seems a bit cumbersome. Are you doing that
>because of limited backup resources? I used a similar arrangement when I got
>my first 48Gb drive and my backup drives were 18Gb each--but once I got
>backup drives the same size as the main drive, I went back to a single NTFS
>partition which is so much more convenient.
>
>I do have a small utility partition at the beginning just like yours, with
>my various disk and backup utilities. This is extremely handy on a notebook
>computer where you don't want to have to use a floppy or CD to boot into
>DOS.

Mike has some good information. I'd like to add my $0.02 and highly recommend
the "System Commander" utility from (?) V Communications (?). It has worked
for me with OS/2, DOS, Win 3.x and NT 4.0 for years without a single problem.
The utility is available from a number of retail sources and is not expensive.

--
David Goldman


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