Large hard disk recommended for Windows 7 system partitioning scheme

Just after the Golden Week, I believe that many of my friends have bought a new computer for themselves during the “golden” period of price reduction promotion, and then “Dongfeng” issued by the official version of Windows 7 (hereafter referred to as Win 7). "New machine with new system" has become the choice of most people. But before you are ready to install Win 7, have you noticed the partition problem? As the basis of computer operation, are you aware of the importance of hard disk partitioning?

Normally, the hard disk of a new computer will be divided into two partitions, C and D. This is a way for the installer to save time, but obviously this is not suitable for our daily work needs. And the current mainstream configuration of the hard disk is 500GB or 1TB large hard disk, how to use only two partitions! Therefore, a reasonable partition of the hard disk is very necessary. This article is based on Win 7 and 1TB hard disk as an example, recommend several sets of large hard disk partitioning scheme for everyone.

System Disk "I" is good for everyone.

As a system disk, its importance is self-evident. Only the system disk has enough space to ensure the stable operation of the system, in order to give full play to the overall performance of the computer. By default, Win 7 system files take up about 8GB (as shown), which mainly includes system files, page files (the space occupied is about 1.5 times the memory) and hibernation files (the occupied space is equal to the memory) Wait. Coupled with the space required for cache files, temporary files, etc., Microsoft conservatively recommends that the partition size of Win 7 be 15GB. However, we recommend that you divide the system disk into 50GB.

Recommended division: 50GB

Reasons for division: Remove 8GB of space occupied by the system, some cache files and some files for installing software should also be installed in the system disk (we do not recommend installing the program in System disk, please refer to the program disk partitioning instructions for details. In this way, the 15GB space can only be said to be sufficient. However, if you want to improve the performance of the system, the system disk must have enough space to store the temporary files released when installing or running some software, as well as the swap space necessary for disk sorting. And not just the system disk, the space usage of any disk should not exceed 80%, so that the disk can run better. Therefore, we recommend that you divide the system disk as much space as possible.

Master Dong Tip: When we install the Windows 7 system to create the primary partition, a system partition of size 100MB will be generated. It is the Windows 7 BitLocker partition encrypted information store. About the role of BitLocker we introduced in the 32nd issue, it is not elaborated here, and the 100MB space is like a 1TB hard drive, plus its own role, so Master Dong suggested that you keep the partition. .

Program Disk Application Installation

As mentioned above, we do not recommend that you install the program in the system disk, otherwise the system disk will need more space. Of course, if you think that it is installed on the system disk, it is more convenient to use Ghost backup. But by contrast, the program is better installed separately. This is because the program disk is the most frequently read and write operation, which means that it is the most vulnerable to disk fragmentation. If it is integrated with the system disk, it may affect the stability of the system. In addition, the software installation, uninstallation and upgrade are also very frequent, after Ghost, you need to upgrade or re-install, so the significance is not great.

Recommended division: 100GB

Reasons for division: With the arrival of the era of large hard drives, the size of many softwares is getting larger and larger. It is very common to occupy 2GB~3GB of space after installation. For example, the World of Warcraft client installation will take up more than 10GB of space. So, please consider your personal situation settings for this disk. We recommend that the program disk be divided into 100GB space, and can also be divided according to individual circumstances and actual needs. For details, please refer to the final scheme list.

The file tray is not much more than enough.

In the process of daily computer application, there will always be some personal documents to be saved, even though these documents are not many, they will not be occupied. A lot of disk space, but it is also necessary to separate and store one disk for each disk, which is also more convenient for us to manage.

Recommended division: 50GB

Reasons for division: Our personal documents, mainly family photos, videos, work documents, etc. Relatively speaking, the space occupied by these files is much smaller. And some important documents, we suggest that you can save by burning the disc to avoid permanent loss of data caused by hard drive damage. Therefore, this disk can be freely adjusted according to individual circumstances. However, since it is a large 1TB hard drive, 50GB of space will not be wasted.

Master Dong Tip: In Win 7, the file library has provided us with basic classifications, such as videos, pictures, documents and music, but these folders are in the system disk directory, once the system crashes If you can't recover, the loss is self-evident. Therefore, we recommend that you save the important files separately. If you need quick access, just create a new library in the file library.

Entertainment disk requires a lot, so the capacity is large

I believe that the current home computer, more is entertainment-oriented. For example, store some high-definition movies and watch them slowly; some game clients are also necessary to save after downloading, in preparation for future re-installation; listening to music is absolutely lossless APE format. Therefore, the file characteristics of the entertainment disc are basically - big!

Recommended division: 50GB of remaining space minus

Reasons for division: Entertainment discs, mainly storage and backup files, file size is generally large, but file reading and writing is not frequent, so It is not necessary to defragment the disk for a long time, so it is reasonable to use the entertainment disk as the largest partition among the disk partitions.

Downloading the disk is not too big, just right

In today's Internet age, if you use computers to chat and browse the web, the most frequently done things, I am afraid that the download is none other than! For example, download the game client and the like as described above.

Recommended division: the remaining 50GB

Reasons for division: As the title says, it is not too big or too small. The reason why the download disk is divided separately is because this partition is the most frequently read and written area of ​​the disk, so it is very necessary to do the defragmentation often. If the partition is too large, the disk finishing speed will be reduced; if it is too small, the file downloading will not be satisfied. So 50GB of space can be said to be just right.

Dong Shifu Tip: After installing some download programs (such as Thunder, EMule, etc.), remember to change the default download path to the download disk, otherwise you will lose the meaning of separate division.

Final recommendation list

The above division scheme uses a 1TB hard disk as an example, and other capacity hard disks can be scaled. In addition, the actual needs of each person are different, and everyone can adjust this based on this division plan to meet their own requirements. However, we recommend that you divide up to 5 partitions. Too many partitions are not conducive to management and disk maintenance. In addition, using Win7's own disk management tools, you can do a good job of partition adjustment, formatting, etc., without the need for third-party software, due to space limitations we will not make more explanations, you can try it yourself.