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  1. 1. Which Type of Hard Drives Do You Have?

    • "Normal" Hard Drives
      32
    • SSD
      10
    • A Mix of "Normal" and SSD
      57
  2. 2. How Much Total Space Do You Have? (just your main PC or server)

    • < 1 TB
      25
    • 1-2 TB
      29
    • 3-4 TB
      24
    • 5-6 TB
      6
    • 7-8 TB
      4
    • 9-10 TB
      1
    • 10 TB +
      10
  3. 3. How Many Partitions Have You Got?

    • 1
      32
    • 2 or 3
      32
    • 4 or 5
      17
    • 6 or 7
      10
    • 8 or 9
      4
    • 10 +
      4


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I own an SSD but it's just sat in a box somewhere, I still prefer normal hard disk drives for everyday use.

 

I simply own an iMac which has a 500GB drive and a Windows 8 laptop which has a 1TB drive.

 

I don't bother with external drives as I don't keep anything that can't be retrieved online somewhere really.

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Desktop

1 x 256GB SSD - O\S and any related installs - 1 partition.

6 x 3TB HDD - Mix of raid for redundancy - 2 partitions.

1 x 2TB HDD - Scratch drive - 1 partition.

Laptop

1 x 256GB SSD - 1 partition.

Kitchen

1 x 120GB SSD - 1 partition.

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  • 4 weeks later...

 

Split Into 6 partitions (OS, Documents, Programs, Games, Temporary Storage, Archive).

 

 

You know, most OS'es have a file system that can handle this thing called "folders".

 

Is this the digital equivalent of the 5-year-old at the dinner table who refuses to let his green peas touch his mashed potatoes?

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You know, most OS'es have a file system that can handle this thing called "folders".

 

Is this the digital equivalent of the 5-year-old at the dinner table who refuses to let his green peas touch his mashed potatoes?

 

I split my RAID stripe 256GB into C: and D:, C: is OS and programs, D: is Games, and X: is a 2TB drive for Data/Misc/Media

 

The reason for the C:/D: split is when I do a system image, I only do C:, I don't need the 50GB of battlefield 4 backed up in my 9GB system image using EaseUS or Acronis. People have legit reasons sometimes.

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I split my RAID stripe 256GB into C: and D:, C: is OS and programs, D: is Games, and X: is a 2TB drive for Data/Misc/Media

 

The reason for the C:/D: split is when I do a system image, I only do C:, I don't need the 50GB of battlefield 4 backed up in my 9GB system image using EaseUS or Acronis. People have legit reasons sometimes.

 

There's not much difference between a system image of a partition, and a partial backup of select folders.

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You know, most OS'es have a file system that can handle this thing called "folders".

 

Is this the digital equivalent of the 5-year-old at the dinner table who refuses to let his green peas touch his mashed potatoes?

 

Yeah but then this means it's slightly harder to get to each folder from how I have my rig set up.

Plus, the root of the C drive has a lot more folders than "OS".  Sorry for wanting to make my life slightly easier so I can find what I need quicker.

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