XP hard disk partitions follow the 7 major principles

Hard disk Partitioning principle one: FAT 32 best for C disk

Reason: C disk is generally a system disk, install the main operating system, we usually have FAT32 and NTFS two choices. With the author's experience, it is more convenient to use FAT32. Because the operating system in the C disk is damaged or the boot loaded virus Trojan is removed, we often need to use the startup tool to repair. and many startup tool disk is Win98 Startup disk evolved, most of the time can not identify the NTFS partition, which can not operate C disk, I have encountered DOS under the D disk mistaken for C disk, hastily formatted and lost data things.

Hard disk partition principle two: C disk should not be too big

Reason: C disk is a system disk, hard disk read and write more, produce errors and disk fragmentation of the probability is also large, scan disk and defragment is the daily work, and these two work time and the capacity of the disk is closely related. C disk capacity is too large, often make these two work extremely slow, thus affecting the efficiency of the proposed C disk capacity in 10GB~20GB more appropriate.

Hard disk Partitioning principle three: Use NTFS partition except C disk

Reason: NTFS file system is a security and reliability based file system, in addition to compatibility, it is far superior to FAT32. Not only can it support partitions up to 2TB in size, but it also supports compression of partitions, folders, and files to manage disk space more efficiently. For LAN users, you can set access permission permissions on NTFS partitions for shared resources, folders, and files, which are much higher security than fat 32.

So, in addition to using FAT32 for compatibility in the primary system partition, it is more appropriate to use NTFS for other partitions. If you are using FAT32 in other partitions, we cannot even image the virtual DVD disc (file size limit) on our hard disk, and we cannot set permissions for folders and partitions, so it's natural to save dozens of GB of HDTV files.

Hard disk partition principle four: Dual system and even multiple systems benefits a lot

Reason: Now Trojan, virus, adware, rogue software rampage, the system is slow, unable to access the Internet, the system can not start is very common things. Once this happens, reload, antivirus to consume a lot of time, often delayed work. Some stubborn boot-loaded trojans and viruses cannot even be removed from the original system. And at this point if there is a backup system, things will be much simpler, start to another system, you can easily antivirus, delete trojan, repair another system, and even with the original system to restore. Even if you do not do the processing, you can use another system to start work, not because of computer problems delay things.

So the dual system and even multiple system benefits, partition in addition to C disk, and then retain one or two spare system partition is necessary, the backup system partition can also be used to install some software programs, capacity about 20GB can be.

Hard disk Partitioning principle V: Systems, procedures, data separation

Reason: Windows has a bad habit of putting some personal data, such as My Documents, on the system partition by default. As a result, data security is problematic once the system disk is formatted to kill viruses and Trojans completely without backing up data.

The right thing to do is to install the programs that need to copy files and write data in the System folder and registry into the system partition; For those programs that can be installed in a green installation, files that can be run only by installing folders are placed into the program partition, and the various texts, tables, documents, etc. do not contain executable files. Other programs are required to open the data and are placed in the data partition. This way, even if the system is paralyzed and has to be reinstalled, the available programs and data are not missing, and can quickly resume work without having to worry about recovering data for the program.

Hard disk Partitioning Principle VI: Keep at least one mega partition

Reason: It should be admitted that as the size of the hard disk increases, the volume of files and programs becomes larger. A previously compressed movie was hundreds of MB, and now an HDTV is close to 20GB; the previous game was just dozens of MB, the bigger one was hundreds of MB, and now a game is a few gigabytes. If you are partitioning on the basis of the averaging principle, the storage of these mega files will be in trouble when you want to save two of HDTV movies. Therefore, for a large amount of hard disk, it is very necessary to separate a capacity of more than 100GB partition for the storage of mega files.

Hard disk partition Principle VII: Give BT or mule a partition at the end of the disk

Reason: BT and electric mule This kind of point-to-point transmission software for disk read and write more frequently, long-term use may cause a certain damage to the hard disk, serious even cause bad way. For disk bad, we usually fix the solution, but once it is not repaired, we should use PQMAIGC such software to screen. At this point, you'll find that the partition size at the end of the disk and the blocking of the bad track are much easier to operate. So it is more convenient for BT or mule to keep a partition at the end of the disk.