Problems when performing advanced installation,
Theo:
Quote from: dizzy on 2008 February 01, 03:56:03
I see no point in having multiple partitions, unless you install a real OS on one (like Linux). Windows works best with one partition, and will unexpectedly do all sorts of VBTs if it isn't the first partition on the drive.
I suggest you make backups of whatever data you need, reformat and try again.
It's true Windows is less of a hassle when installed on just one partition, but considering the number of times you have to reinstall it, it's better to keep a separate partition just for documents aside from the system partition. :D
That way when the unavoidable reinstall time comes, you just have to set the documents folder location by means of standard registry settings, or if your brave enough, with NTFS junctions.
dizzy:
I suppose if you have tons of stuff in MyDocs, then it makes sense to put that on another partition. However, you do break some compatibility if you put Program Files on a different partition from Windows. I've tried doing that many times myself, and I applaud those of you who did mysteriously get it to work. ???
I'd also like to point out that multiple partitions is not the same as multiple drives. To the file system it may make no difference, but you should have a dramatic change in performance when using multiple drives (especially if you have a drive that's just for the swap file).
Argon:
Quote from: dizzy on 2008 February 01, 19:24:55
I'd also like to point out that multiple partitions is not the same as multiple drives. To the file system it may make no difference, but you should have a dramatic change in performance when using multiple drives (especially if you have a drive that's just for the swap file).
But you will see an improvement if for example you create a partition with a larger cluster size. You'll sacrifice space for the smaller files, but there are less pointers to look up and file fragmentation won't be as bad ;D On a similar note, page file (called swap file on Win9x and below) performance will be better on a FAT32 partition rather than a NTFS partition because it doesn't have to read security/permissions information on pagefile.sys; in addition to having it on another physical drive of course.
Quote from: dizzy on 2008 February 01, 19:24:55
However, you do break some compatibility if you put Program Files on a different partition from Windows. I've tried doing that many times myself, and I applaud those of you who did mysteriously get it to work. ???
It's really easy if you're using an answer file during Windows setup, there's an option to change it when you write it. But if you're trying to change an existing system, it's easiest to use something like BartPE to load the system hive and change the registry keys.
J. M. Pescado:
Performance also improves dramatically when you simply ban the swap file entirely, forcing the computer to keep everything in RAMs. Then instead of freezing up and going unresponsive when it runs out of RAMs, the programs just crash.
ScoobyDoo:
I know some apps, especially adobe's, doesn't like not having swap space. As for Documents and settings, you can simply move it using Location in My Docouments properties. This works great (for the most part) when I have to nuke windows, all my important stuff, like sims data ;D is safely stored away. Only apps I know that don't follow this correctly are Opera's wands/bookmarks and photoshops actions and customs.
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