Vista size?

[Crazy]

I recommend putting that on a sepperate partition/folder. An example:

"My documents", for me thats like 10 to 20gb big(have files dating back to 2000).
I don't put this in my backup, but just move the "My documents" location to "E:\Documents".
You could do it like this and take a backup of "E:\Documents".

Or you could take incremental backups, depending on what kind of files they are it could make the backups smaller and more flexible for restoring.

Another way you could back up your files is by using your network and periodicly(lets say every week), copy the files to another pc, this works allot better for files you're constantly using. Depending on how big ofcource.
This is only handy when it's about smaller amounts of data.

Personally(maybe it's just me) I'm against putting any data(files) on my OS drive. And it works for me.
When having milions of files, it help to keep everything organized

What kind of files are they?, video files(you where talking about video editing)?

 

[ingeborgdot]

The way you describe it you'll use use 1partition for WinXP and 1 for Vista.
I have it like this:
ofcource i have allot more harddrives to work with:

I only installed vista 2days ago, so i still have the XP drive like it was

On your image of your setup at the top you have two folders (crazy and openbaar). What are they for?

 

[Crazy]

Those are vista folders, Crazy is my profile name and "Openbaar" = "public"
Would be great if i could remove that "public" folder

Vista has allot of "added" stuff, this is the replacement of "My Documents":

This is with "show hidden folders" on.

 

[ingeborgdot]

So could my set up go like this:
XP on C: (already there and don't want to change now)
programs for xp on c drive also because some are already there and it won't be my main os and won't worry so much about backup etc.
D: vista 40gb -there are SP1 and I am sure 2 will come out later so I want to make it future proof hopefully.
E: left over space of this hdd is for music and whatever else I decide to put there if I want ??(should be around 400 gb)
2nd hdd F: 500gb video,pics,documents and vista programs.
Do I need to partition the 2nd hdd and make a partition for vista programs??

 

[Crazy]

So could my set up go like this:
XP on C: (already there and don't want to change now)
programs for xp on c drive also because some are already there and it won't be my main os and won't worry so much about backup etc.
D: vista 40gb -there are SP1 and I am sure 2 will come out later so I want to make it future proof hopefully.
E: left over space of this hdd is for music and whatever else I decide to put there if I want ??(should be around 400 gb)
2nd hdd F: 500gb video,pics,documents and vista programs.
Do I need to partition the 2nd hdd and make a partition for vista programs??

You don't have to, it's all up to you , I did it to keep things "simple", i have literally milions of files.
That setup looks pretty good.

 

[ingeborgdot]

So I won't have to set up a file for programs. It will make it on its own or what?

 

[Crazy]

what do you mean by "file for programs"?

 

[ingeborgdot]

On the c drive on my file there is progam files. I did not place them there. They were just there. I have always done it the easy way and placed them in the c and never done anything else.

 

[eroz]

It is up to you....when you install a program it installs in the default. If you want the same format just change the drive letter from C: to whatever drive you want. Leave the rest of it alone and if the file names don't exist the install wizard will create them.

 

[ingeborgdot]

That's what I thought but wanted to make sure. Thanks.

 

[ingeborgdot]

I have 3 partitions on my main drive and only one on the other. My vista is at 50gb as I am only putting the os and several small apps on this drive. All the other apps are on my other separate drive. My problem is that somehow the vista drive keeps filling up and I don't know why. I can't find anything that is adding up to 41gb that it says it is full of. Where could it be?

 

[eroz]

Are you saving stuff to the default locations??? I had that problem when I was moving files from my external to my computer. I kept saving/moving them to my username, then I realized that my username is located on the OS partition. Another thing is.....are you saving files to the desktop? I believe the desktop is located in the OS partition.

 

[ingeborgdot]

I haved moved the files so that documents are on partition E along with music. On hdd F I have video and pics and programs. I am specifically putting F in the location and it shows F for the location when I look it up. Does it put it in multiple places?

 

[Daveskater]

Go into Computer > C:\ and see if one of the folders is randomly huge by right clicking and opening properties for that folder.

 

[ingeborgdot]

I am not there right now but I do remember the windows folder is almost 13GB.

 

[eroz]

Did you reinstall Windows or do a repair? I did a reinstall and I had a 13GB windows.old file.

 

[ingeborgdot]

This is a brand new install. Brand new machine. I have done a transfer of some files but I put them in other partitions. If some of it happened to get over to some of these files I don't know how?/

 

[Daveskater]

I am not there right now but I do remember the windows folder is almost 13GB.

That's a bit weird, I have Vista Ultimate and it's just under 6GB. Then again, I have just deleted all my restore points and that took 18GB off, so if they're saved in the Windows folder then that could explain yours being bigger.

 

[ingeborgdot]

Ultimate or windows folder 6gb? Where is the restore folder located? How do I know if some things got in there in the transfer?

 

[Daveskater]

My C:\WINDOWS folder is just under 6GB (5.87GB I think it was). I don't know where the restore points are located but it is probably in the Windows folder. Try turning system restore off then on again (clicking Apply in between) and see if frees up some space. Only do this is you're happy with how your PC is working and don't think you'll need a restore point before today.