basjke Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I have 2 partitions on my harddisk.C: which holds the operating system and D: on which I install my programs.If I was to format the C: partition and reinstall the same operating system will my programs on D: be lost or will they stay intact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdechgan Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Your programs will be there but they won't work. When installing a program especially in windows there are also lots of registry additions and common share files and dlls. You can try but some programs won't work 100% and the shortcuts will be missing. Its best to reinstall the programs. d: are best used for backups or keeping files like audo/video, docs, not programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdanielsesq Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 It kinda begs the question - why? Did you install the OS on C:\, the rest of the programs on D:\ ? You should have D:\ set to80% of the HDD - say F32, and use it for data only. Install the OS + other sundry programs all on C:\ You always want your data far away from C:\ as it will likely fail first, as it is accessed all the time. Simple math. I have about 12 systems on my big Vaio NB, mostly Linux - all my data is accessible to all OS BR>Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 It kinda begs the question - why?. . . You always want your data far away from C:\ as it will likely fail first, as it is accessed all the time. Simple math. BR>Jack But when C: fails, it's almost a certainty that D: fails as well, since both are on the same drive and it is the drive that has failed. So again it kinda begs the question - why? And it just gives a false sense of security. For a typical standalone home PC, might as well have one partition w/ everything on it and backup frequently to a separate hard drive. A server environment would be different of course. But partitioning is something of a religion w/ some of our members, perhaps from Win98 days (when programs didn't all have to be reinstalled), so 'nuff said from me on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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