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    Partition 320GB Toshiba MK3252GSX Hard Drive for best Performance

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sean473, Jan 23, 2010.

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    How do i Partition a 320GB Toshiba MK3252GSX Hard Drive for best boot performance?
     
    sean473, Jan 23, 2010
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    The drive is fastest in the beginning and slowest at the end. My 500GB Toshiba varies from 75MB/s in the beginning to 35MB/s at the end with a mean speed of 55MB/s. My drive is partitioned as follows:

    0-100GB Windows 7 + essential apps
    100-282GB Games and non essential apps
    282-465GB Backups, Installfiles, Other stuff

    A 320GB could be partitioned as:

    0-50GB Windows Vista/7 + essential apps
    50-149GB Games other apps
    149-298GB Backups, Installfiles, Other stuff

    You would probably partition it another way to suit your needs but for the fastest boot time keep the os as close to the beginning of the drive as possible. Also make sure you use the latest drivers. My boot time is about 35s to login screen and 42-45s to desktop (depending on how fast i enter the password).
     
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    ok so i have a 320GB partition so do i shrink it using disk management and also do i need to do a clean install to do a proper partioning... also will i be able to move my games to the new partition or do i have to do a clean install?
     
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    Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    sean473, Jan 26, 2010
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    If you're asking this many questions, chance are nothing less than a clean install will work for you. Start from scratch, and custom install everything exactly the way you want it.
     
    Krane, Jan 26, 2010
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    Doing a clean install now to solve problems...
     
    sean473, Feb 14, 2010
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    System feels snapier and when i did a HD tune benchmark and look at it... i was like Wow... the Burst speed was just absurd! I did 3 partitions of 60GB for boot and 100GB for games and 138GB for data...
     

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