On 28/04/2012 10:15 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/28/2012 13:52, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Hmm. Will have to remember that, once I get all the crap onto this
>> one, and
>> the "backup" drive empty.
>
> FWIW, if you make two partitions, one for bootable stuff and one for
> data, it's much more efficient. Put Steam apps and vacation pics and
> stuff like that on a non-bootable drive, or you wind up making 2 copies
> of all that, the backup copy and the zip-file copy. (Indeed, exclude
> stuff you can trivially replace, like the steam apps.)
>
>
Not only that, if you have to reinstall Windows. Your data disc will not 
be reformatted.

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Regards
     Stephen

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