[MacDV] Re: Formatting my hard drive
Paul Williams
mulder at fred.net
Wed Dec 3 10:12:59 PST 2003
Great, i'll do that. I had read elsewhere about OSX and apps staying
together, unlike the way i have it right now on 9.2.
Paul
>On Dec 3, 2003, at 11:25 AM, Paul Williams wrote:
>
>> The first of the two drives i was going to partition 3 ways: OS, apps, docs.
>> The second drive i'll probably partition 50/50 for video files and
>>scratch. What's a good size for a scratch disc? 40, 50 gig?
>
>Repeat. DO NOT separate your OS and apps -- keep those on one big
>happy partition. It really is better to keep those together in OS
>X. If you must partition your main drive, just split it in two --
>80 GB for OS and apps TOGETHER, and 80 GB for media/scratch.
>
>And keep the second drive as one big happy partition. There really
>is no need to partition it if it's just going to hold your video and
>audio media.
>
>- Mark F.
>
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