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Originally Posted by Azure
How come?
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Its a best practice to minimize data loss in case of trouble. On my PC my computer is setup like this:
300GB HDD
C: - 40gb partition: System drive containing applications and Windows
D: - 250gb partition: data drive containing documents, media and games
S: - 10gb partition: drive containing my Virtual Memory swap file
With this setup, I can trash windows completely by formating C: without worrying about affecting the data on D:. It also makes things easier when re-installing windows or trying to recover data in case of a file system error. A virus that trashes the file system on C: might leave the D: alone and intact.
Ideally, D: would be it's own drive to minimize risk versus hardware failure, but I'm not personally worried bout that at home.