C drive size recommendations - New Problem
Hi all,
Just got my first W8.1 desktop computer (see my specs).
Of course I can not add additional HDD internally, due to seal, which would void 3 year onsite service garantee.
In my specs you can see I have plenty of external drives.
I am asking due to defragmentation backup image file and such, which might need extra partition space.
My OS and installed programs now take up about 40 GB.
The HP desktop has an internal 2TB HDD.
I would like to partition it in to maybe 2 or 3 parts.
I know this does not speed things up and such, just like to separate files.
I never use the standard download, documents, music, etc. folders.
So, the C drive is just for running the computer and using the software.
That way it will always be easy for a clean image backup.
With my old computer I had a separate HDD (300GB - never used it all) for the OS and programs, but that is now unfortunately not an option.
What would be a good size for the C drive, which will only have the OS and installed software (above average user).
Any games I will install on a separate internal (I have been told external is not recommended) partition anyway.
I am not a real gamer, just like to play sometimes and I am still on games 3-4 years old (like the first "Need for Speed" games)
Thanks for your help guys and gals, Ron
Hi all,
Just got my first W8.1 desktop computer (see my specs).
Of course I can not add additional HDD internally, due to seal, which would void 3 year onsite service garantee.
In my specs you can see I have plenty of external drives.
I am asking due to defragmentation backup image file and such, which might need extra partition space.
My OS and installed programs now take up about 40 GB.
The HP desktop has an internal 2TB HDD.
I would like to partition it in to maybe 2 or 3 parts.
I know this does not speed things up and such, just like to separate files.
I never use the standard download, documents, music, etc. folders.
So, the C drive is just for running the computer and using the software.
That way it will always be easy for a clean image backup.
With my old computer I had a separate HDD (300GB - never used it all) for the OS and programs, but that is now unfortunately not an option.
What would be a good size for the C drive, which will only have the OS and installed software (above average user).
Any games I will install on a separate internal (I have been told external is not recommended) partition anyway.
I am not a real gamer, just like to play sometimes and I am still on games 3-4 years old (like the first "Need for Speed" games)
Thanks for your help guys and gals, Ron
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My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy 700-540d
- CPU
- Intel i7-4790 3.60GHz
- Motherboard
- Kaili 2
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Geforce GTX 745 - 4GB
- Sound Card
- Internal 7.1
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 24"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Internal 2TB
External:
WD 3.0 (3TB - 1TB - 1TB)
WD 2.0 (1TB - 500GB - 500GB)
Vertabim 3.0 (1TB - 1TB)
Old HDD 2TB with external 2.0 USB casing
- Browser
- FF
- Antivirus
- AVG 2015