OT: Computer's...gotta hate 'em.

[Atrocities]

Suicide Junkie said:
Oh, and before you get too far into the reinstallation process;

***Partition your Drive***

Never let windows sit on the same drive letter as your irreplacable stuff.

why?

[Kevin Arisa]

Partitioning is usually the very first thing I ever do to a computer. Personally, I think all computers should be sold with the drives already partitioned, especially since the average user has no clue what it's all about. Three partitions: System, Apps, and Games at the very least. I never understood the logic of having the entire hard drive being one big "bucket" that everything is tossed into. Not only does partitioning protect against most cases of accidental formatting, it even increases the rate at which a computer finds it's files. Instead of searching through the previously mentioned bucket, it is looking through designated compartments. And if the System partition gets corrupted , then you can reformat that compartment without fear of harming anything else. It's a priceless setup that has saved me vast amounts of trouble in the past.