Back in the day when I was on the "Dark Side" with Windows and PC's, I used to always partition my HDD's and create "Logical Drives".
So instead of having the proverbial C: drive, I'd have something like this...
To me this was a good idea for the following reasons...
1.) WHEN - not "if" - Windows puked, I didn't have to worry about my Business Data getting messed up with the crash
2.) Formatting and re-installing Windows was a piece-of-cake, since my Business Data was segmented away from the Op Sys.
3.) Logical Drives decreased the chance that I'd accidentally delete my Business Data. (Silly as it may sound, it is *easy* to accidentally delete a directory called "Music" with 100GB of music in it!!!! By contrast, you can't "delete" a Logical Drive by accident because it requires you take several steps to erase the data.)
4.) It just made it easier to organize my data, because I have these Logical Drive which served as "anchors". They were clearly marked, couldn't get accidentally deleted or moved or hidden, and were slightly more protected from things like Op Sys crashes.
5.) Logical Drives made it easier for me to Backup my Business Data, because everything was keep in logical areas on my HDD, and didn't fall victim to some of the issues mentioned above.
So on to my question...
Would it be a "good" or "bad" thing to create Logical Drives on my new 750GB MacBook HDD??
When I first switched to Mac in 2008, people told me that I didn't have to do that. (Then again, a lot of people used to tell me the same thing with my PC?!)
I see more *benefits* of creating Logical Drives on a HDD - especially large ones that are over 500GB - than detractors, but maybe my logic doesn't necessarily follow in the Mac world?!
What do you think??
Sincerely,
Debbie
So instead of having the proverbial C: drive, I'd have something like this...
Code:
C:
M: (Music)
N: (Photos)
O: (Development)
P: (Finances)
To me this was a good idea for the following reasons...
1.) WHEN - not "if" - Windows puked, I didn't have to worry about my Business Data getting messed up with the crash
2.) Formatting and re-installing Windows was a piece-of-cake, since my Business Data was segmented away from the Op Sys.
3.) Logical Drives decreased the chance that I'd accidentally delete my Business Data. (Silly as it may sound, it is *easy* to accidentally delete a directory called "Music" with 100GB of music in it!!!! By contrast, you can't "delete" a Logical Drive by accident because it requires you take several steps to erase the data.)
4.) It just made it easier to organize my data, because I have these Logical Drive which served as "anchors". They were clearly marked, couldn't get accidentally deleted or moved or hidden, and were slightly more protected from things like Op Sys crashes.
5.) Logical Drives made it easier for me to Backup my Business Data, because everything was keep in logical areas on my HDD, and didn't fall victim to some of the issues mentioned above.
So on to my question...
Would it be a "good" or "bad" thing to create Logical Drives on my new 750GB MacBook HDD??
When I first switched to Mac in 2008, people told me that I didn't have to do that. (Then again, a lot of people used to tell me the same thing with my PC?!)
I see more *benefits* of creating Logical Drives on a HDD - especially large ones that are over 500GB - than detractors, but maybe my logic doesn't necessarily follow in the Mac world?!
What do you think??
Sincerely,
Debbie