I have a new 500G hard drive that I just installed. I loaded Vista on a 50G partition with all updates and a few apps (adobe, web browsers, and such). I now have 19G free space on the 50G partition. Is this free space enough for growth?
Also, I would like to store data on the other partition away from system partition. I am doing this because I was told if I did this and ever needed to reload the OS that I would not need to worry with reloading the data. I could point the install to the partition that the OS is installed on. Of course I would still need to reload all apps.
I have researched storing data on the other partition but came across conflicting information so I immediately came here to get the right answer. How do I make all data store on the partition not containing system? Do you have to do it per user? And I may be asking a lot here but can you install apps outside the system partition?
My goal is to have the system separate from everything (data and apps). This way if the OS gets corrupted, all I would need to do is reload OS and updates. I hope this makes sense and I posted in the right place.
Also, I would like to store data on the other partition away from system partition. I am doing this because I was told if I did this and ever needed to reload the OS that I would not need to worry with reloading the data. I could point the install to the partition that the OS is installed on. Of course I would still need to reload all apps.
I have researched storing data on the other partition but came across conflicting information so I immediately came here to get the right answer. How do I make all data store on the partition not containing system? Do you have to do it per user? And I may be asking a lot here but can you install apps outside the system partition?
My goal is to have the system separate from everything (data and apps). This way if the OS gets corrupted, all I would need to do is reload OS and updates. I hope this makes sense and I posted in the right place.