Windoze should come on it's own partition/drive to make backups easier

[Metspitzer]

Almost everyone has a network now a days. If Windoze was on a small
partition/drive, you could back it up automatically everyday. If the
boot disks fails you could change out the drive and in a matter of min
be up and running again.

You could even buy slower drives for support programs and spend a
little extra money for the boot disk.

They should work on making a small killer fast drive for the OS.

This also means if the boot disk is the one that fails, all the other
data is still in place and ready to go.

 

[Enkidu]

Almost everyone has a network now a days. If Windoze was on a small
partition/drive, you could back it up automatically everyday. If the
boot disks fails you could change out the drive and in a matter of min
be up and running again.

You could even buy slower drives for support programs and spend a
little extra money for the boot disk.

They should work on making a small killer fast drive for the OS.

This also means if the boot disk is the one that fails, all the other
data is still in place and ready to go.

I don't see the advantage in this for the average user . . . not
everyone is on a network, and then those who are, aren't all the time.

Now, I'm assuming you are talking about a networked fileserver for all
the applications and data, and a local HD for just the OS. We had theis
at a school I taught at, and it was a nightmare. Imagine 30
wifi notebooks powering up, logging on to the server, and running Office
2003 off one server. Now imagine six sets of those laptops, all doing
the same thing at the same time. It took longer than a class period for
everyone in class to be up and running.

It was a solution to a problem we never had.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Almost everyone has a network now a days.

Not even close to correct.

 

[Dave]

Have you heard of SSD drives?

 

[Metspitzer]

That looks cool. They should socket one of those to the mobo.

 

[Nil]

Almost everyone has a network now a days. If Windoze was on a
small partition/drive, you could back it up automatically
everyday. If the boot disks fails you could change out the drive
and in a matter of min be up and running again.

So, set it up that way if you want it. Windows doesn't "come" any
particular way. Computer vendors set it up different ways, but that's
their doing, not Windows'. If you don't like it, change it to the way
you like it.

Your blame is misdirected.

Drop the "Windoze" insult before you need real help and people ignore
you.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

alt.windows7.general:

So, set it up that way if you want it. Windows doesn't "come" any
particular way. Computer vendors set it up different ways, but that's
their doing, not Windows'. If you don't like it, change it to the way
you like it.

Your blame is misdirected.

Drop the "Windoze" insult before you need real help and people ignore
you.

Too late

 

[felmon]

Almost everyone has a network now a days. If Windoze was on a small
partition/drive, you could back it up automatically everyday. If the
boot disks fails you could change out the drive and in a matter of min
be up and running again.

pardon me if I misunderstand your idea but Windows does allow you to re-
size the partition. it's not as easy as it should be, in my opinion, but
it's possible. would doing this suit your purpose?

I don't know how to put the documents folder goes on another partition
but I assume that's possible too.

Felmon

 

[Jeff Gaines]

I don't know how to put the documents folder goes on another partition
but I assume that's possible too.

Yes, right click, properties, location. Easy peazy.

 

[rharris270]

That is a PC Maker or User Choice

My new Windows & PC did come with two partitions, one for the operating system and programs and one for my personal data. For that I thank ASUS, the maker of the PC.

However, any user can divide a single C: drive into mutliple partitions. How simply depends on what software he has available. Not trusting Microsoft, and/or not wanting to do the research to be sure Windows 7 could do it, I got Easeus Partition Master, which reduced my C: and broke my D: into D:, E:, F:, and G:. (There are also some free programs that can do this sort of things. Try a web search on change partition or similar.)

As for most PCs being on networks, I guess that I am still in the stone age, with only one PC, hence no network.

But, the general concept of off-PC backup is a very good one, and so I make partition images to an external USB 2.0 drive using Acronis True Image. I could use Microsoft's Backup Tool for Windows 7, but I find it too restrictive.

I have had my new PC for less than two months and have already had to restore one image to overcome the damage done by a bad install. To those that do not practice imaging, I would ask if you have a plan to reinstlall Windows (and all software) or to use the system restore CD that comes with pre-built PCs (and lose all personal files in most cases)? If not, sooner or later you will wish that you did have a plan.