Advice on partitioning Win 2K laptop

[domi]

Hi,

I'm sorting out a build for 50+ win 2000 professional laptops. Does anyone have any advice for how to partition the 12GB disk? Should I have a 2GB system partition and then a 10GB partition or have one enormous C-drive.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[ianf]

If all the programs that your users will ever need will fit onto 2Gb, your suggestion of two partitions sounds sensible to me. Remember those upgrades that will come before the end of life of the laptops though. Just how big is a full install of OfficeXP anyway ? Ian

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[domi]

Thanks Ian.

Shame though - I was hoping someone would tell me that one huge partition was the best way to go as I think this would make my life easier for settin gup unattended installs with sysdiff

 

[domi]

thanks Ian.

Shame though - I was hoping someone would say that one big partition was the best way to go as I think this makes my life easier when using sysdiff.

Never mind, and I think maybe 3GB and 9GB would be better?

 

[butchrecon]

Actually 1 large hard drive would be more beneficial in Windows 2000. When the system has to catalog where a specific file or application is it would take longer if your drive is partitioned. (though if your system is fast it wont be noticeable.) Unless you plan on having a FAT16 partition on the smaller HDD there really is no use in partitioning. NTFS is also much better than FAT system.

Recommend 1 Partition with NTFS.

 

[osuman]

I agree, one large partition would be best. Justin
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