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Daniel Grimwood <reaper@crystal.uwa.edu.au> wrote
in message news:7pil77$edo$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au...
> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>>> How can the single partition drive be filled, but the
>>> the multiple partioned drive's c: still have room?

>> It is theoretically possible due to the cluster size. With the
>> multiple partitions having smaller clusters, less wasted space.

> Fair enough, but that's usually only a few %.

Not necessarily with FAT16 with those very large
drives being discussed. Certainly true with FAT32.

>>> If you have a 2nd partition for data, you would still keep
>>> a backup, just in case the whole drive gets trashed, but
>>> you wouldn't need to do anything during the actual reinstall.

>> Sure, but its no harder to delete everything
>> from the single partition except the data tree.

> True, I was mainly talking about accidentally killing partition c though.

Sure, it is a bit safer for those that bugger up almost anything they touch |-)

> I suppose it's just as likely to kill the whole disk rather than
> one partition, so yeah there's not much call for a data 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.

> I'm a manual backup person (with xcopy, argh!),

I used to be, but it bit me too often. Corse thats mainly due to mostly
using Win9x which has an amazing variety of little bits scattered all
over the place, what with various toolbars and log files etc. Even now
when I upgrade the boot drive, I still occasionally have to go and get
something off the drive it replaces, like Netscape bookmarks etc.

> but it wouldn't be too hard to configure to backup savegames too.

Yeah, but it would be easier to just do a backup of files
that have their archive flag set in the games tree in that
situation. Corse thats quite viable with just xcopy too.

> Agree most people should have theirs on C.  I would if I had one drive.
> I really like the home directory system in unix, where all your personal
> config and saved stuff goes under the one tree.  Very easy to manage.

True.