System Tips: How to properly partition large capacity hard drives

Q: I bought a large capacity hard disk of Hitachi SATAII 500GB, but the hard disk capacity is too large, I am afraid that it is not easy to maintain in the future, such as formatting, disk defragmentation, anti-virus scanning, checking bad sectors, etc. . How to properly partition large-capacity hard drives?

A: Many people do not pay attention to the planning of partitioning schemes when doing hard disk partitioning. In fact, good partitioning scheme planning can make each partition "use its best". At the same time, it can maintain the best performance of the hard disk.
C disk is generally a system partition, some friends like to divide the system partition is very large, in fact, this is a waste, because from the perspective of optimization, it is recommended to store a lot of data to other partitions, Dong Master believes that the C drive does not have to The score is too large. For Windows XP, about 20GB is enough, you can use the FAT32 partition format.
D disk can be used to store cache files, temporary files, etc. Generally speaking, 8~10GB can be used, use FAT32 partition format, modify system virtual memory file path, IE cache path, temporary file path, etc. Data storage paths that are prone to fragmentation of system partitions are transferred to this cache partition to improve the performance of the system partition. Then according to your actual needs, a number of partitions are divided to store software, data, games, and different users' actual needs are different, so the partitioning scheme is different.

It is worth noting that if a partition uses the FAT32 file system, the maximum size cannot exceed 32GB. You can divide a 32GB partition to save software programs or games. For DVD video processing, HDTV movies, etc., a relatively large NTFS partition is required. The NTFS file system is used because the FAT32 file system has a limitation: the single file size cannot exceed 4 GB. The partitioning scheme mentioned above is only a guiding principle. You can adjust the partitioning capacity or increase the partitioning according to your own situation.