[MacDV] Re: Formatting my hard drive

[Michael Winter]

On Dec 3, 2003, at 7:48 AM, Mark M. Florida wrote:

>  Journalling is nice for regular usage, but slows things down a bit -- 
> if you have a super-fast G4 or a G5, it's probably not a big problem,

I've never found disk speed to be a problem. My old 450 MHz iMac DV 
hasn't had a problem keeping up with video capture. With my dual 1 GHz 
G4 I can even capture to an external FW drive while simultaneously 
copying large projects to/from the same drive (yes, the copy operation 
does take forever).

> About organization -- what's wrong with that?

The biggest drawback is that its irreversible organization. I move, 
rearrange and delete folders at a whim, redoing partitioning requires a 
complete wipe of the drive.

>  If it helps you work better, then do it.

Can't argue with that. Just seems IMO that some people put too much 
emphasis on partitioning for the wrong or outdated reasons. If you (or 
anyone) understands both the advantages and disadvantages involved, do 
what's right for you. I'll admit there are times partitioning makes 
sense.

-Mike