Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> You should always have your OS, swap space and data on different 
> partitions, even if they are on the same disk.
> Swap space should be at the beginning of the disk (fastest). I  
> partition my drives as 20GB swap space (for OS swap and Photoshop >scratch), 80GB OS, and  rest as data.
> 
Let me offer another opinion:

The swap should be at center because statistically, that's where the head is nearer. Secondly, this is not Unix, but Windows; you don't want your system to use the swap (not enough ram). Unix is different, it pre-store in swap what there is in ram, but Windows uses 100% RAM until there is an overflow.

As for separating data and OS: yes, no, maybe; there's no definite answer.

Here's an example of a setup under Win 7:
C:\OS, Apps  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
D:\Data  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
E:\Backup  (WD Caviar Black 1TB)
F:\Scratch  (WD Raptor 150GB 10K)

Cheers,
Andre