Partioning and what to save after

[Mike Kai]

hi guys I bought a new Hard drive and installed windows 8 on it, but i didnt partition. It just has one partition with local disk C: . And after using 1 month i read that if you make example 2 partition one with windows on it and one with data, you pc will run faster and for long time. Recently I was scared coz i think i downloaded an malware called torntv or so and I wanted to reinstall the windows and this time I wanted to make partition. My question is if I make 2 partions ( Os and for Data), what do I suppose to save on partition Data and what on OS or other question how to use them both?

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

This guide should help

http://www.howtogeek.com/172580/how-to-create-a-separate-data-partition-for-windows/

 

[Calculagator]

Partitioning your drive will not make it any faster. The speed of your drive is a physical limitation that cannot simply be overcome. It certainly won't make your dive last any longer.
If you need to re-install windows, copy all of the files you want to keep onto a backup drive, wipe your drive, reinstall windows, and copy your files back.

 

[andy_Man]

I personally use gparted for partitioning drives.(Linux based live cd) I keep data(Videos/pictures/game installs you don't want to redownload) on the second partition. This way I can painlessly redo my operating system if I want.

 

[Mike Kai]

and how do I wipe my hard drive completly and install windows again ?

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

Partitioning your drive will not make it any faster. The speed of your drive is a physical limitation that cannot simply be overcome. It certainly won't make your dive last any longer.
If you need to re-install windows, copy all of the files you want to keep onto a backup drive, wipe your drive, reinstall windows, and copy your files back.

It can if you short stroke it

 

[Calculagator]

Partitioning your drive will not make it any faster. The speed of your drive is a physical limitation that cannot simply be overcome. It certainly won't make your dive last any longer.
If you need to re-install windows, copy all of the files you want to keep onto a backup drive, wipe your drive, reinstall windows, and copy your files back.

It can if you short stroke it

Only if you don't actually use the other partition. Yes, spinning disks can be faster in parts and you can force windows to only use those parts by partitioning. However, if you use that partition, it will be correspondingly slower. If windows ever needs to read from both partitions at the same time, it will be significantly slower.
I'm pretty sure that the OP was intending to use the entire drive.
Also, modern windows defrag is not too bad at keeping the most accessed data on the faster part of a spinning disk automatically.

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

Partitioning your drive will not make it any faster. The speed of your drive is a physical limitation that cannot simply be overcome. It certainly won't make your dive last any longer.
If you need to re-install windows, copy all of the files you want to keep onto a backup drive, wipe your drive, reinstall windows, and copy your files back.

It can if you short stroke it

Only if you don't actually use the other partition. Yes, spinning disks can be faster in parts and you can force windows to only use those parts by partitioning. However, if you use that partition, it will be correspondingly slower. If windows ever needs to read from both partitions at the same time, it will be significantly slower.
I'm pretty sure that the OP was intending to use the entire drive.
Also, modern windows defrag is not too bad at keeping the most accessed data on the faster part of a spinning disk automatically.

Ah yes, I see what you mean, OP will most likely use the entire disk, I haven't used windows defrag for a while as I am transitioning to SSDs (TRIM ftw! ) If OP was planning to use the entire drive, is there a massive need to partition anyway? Surely folders like My Documents will be enough to organise files?