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Todd <Post_to_group_only@nospam.com> wrote in
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> Rod Speed wrote
>> Daniel Grimwood <reaper@crystal.uwa.edu.au> wrote

All your childish stuff flushed, again.

>>> As for a separate partition for apps, I don't see any point, unless
>>> they're DOS based, which tend to confide themselves to their own
>>> directory trees.  Seeing we're talking about Win95 though, usually
>>> when you delete the registry, you'll have to reinstall all your apps
>>> anyway, so their location is pretty much irrelevent.  Most have a
>>> tendency also to overwite configuration files during reinstall, so
>>> you would have to back these up regardless of what partition it is.

>> And they mostly install themselves by default
>> in the Progam Files tree off the root now too.

> Wrong! There is always a opportunity to select somewhere else.

You have quite a problem with even the simplest
english dont you ? Concentrate on the word DEFAULT.

>>> For a separate partition for games, maybe yes, but not for me.
>>> I say yes because games tend to put the save-games in their own
>>> directories, and you won't want to lose them.  Even if you reinstall
>>> the game, you won't wipe the save-games.  It's not hard however
>>> to work out where save-games are, and it doesn't take long to back
>>> them up, hence it's not for me.  If you had lots of little games, each
>>> with their own save-games in their own directories, then the effort
>>> involved in backing these up might warrant a separate partition.

>> Maybe, but there is a lot to be said for using a proper
>> backup app. Semi manual backups can bite, its very
>> easy to forget something and its too late when its gone.

> Same is true with a single partition too.

Yep I was just discussing manual backups there.

>>> As for the fragmentation arguement before, then whether it's
>>> one partition or many, the OS and apps and games take up
>>> the first part of the partition, and are fairly static.  The temp
>>> files and documents etc come later, and these are usually the
>>> only bits that need defragging.  It's only a problem if you install
>>> something to an already fragmented drive, which shouldn't happen
>>> anyway, so fragmentation doesn't really affect either arguement.

>> Specially with the very large drives being discussed.

> I don't suppose you ever upgrade, right?

Just goes to show how badly your suppose
machinery needs attention then doesnt it ?