QUOTE (fzalfa @ May 27 2015, 09:17 PM)
nice method, but it take time to do a snapshoot everytime no ?
in other side , partition the disk in two have an impact about performance if two drives have access in same time...
i prefere have 2 different drive or an array with striped volume.... RAID rulez
Or have a near to be uncrashable system ( thanks Silicon Graphics IRIX and hardware)
Laurent
Nope, only when you install a new program you need a new snapshot
so for us music guys, unless you want to install a new plug-in, DAW etc. you don't need a new snapshot. Or you can install a new plug-in but if you don't like it you don't have to delete it, just close the computer when you're done and when opened again it will be like that plug-in never existed. So the registery will always be clean.
I'm not sure about partitioning has a negative effect if one is only for storage, because when you load a program after that its all about ram and only using the storage partition. Also stuff like defragmenting or check-disk will be faster and safer for the harddisk.
With this metod, the system is pretty much uncrashable cause everyday its like using the system the first day you installed everything (unless its already flawed).
QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ May 27 2015, 09:42 PM)
Good plan
You can "partition" your hard drive to keep your operating system/programs/files all separate. It's a good way to go
however, it does NOT save you in the even of hardware failure. For a laptop that's a "production" laptop, a lot of "Pro" folks will take out the optical drive, install TWO ssd drives and keep operating system on one and programs/files on the other in addition to keeping a very small boot partition on the "File drive" in the even the boot drive crahshes. That way even if you have a primary hardware failure on either drive you are not all the way screwed.
This is not cheap as it requires two ssd drives of decent size. But it's a great way to be pretty sure you can keep going even in the event of a hardware failure. It's very rare for two drives to fail at once, so your splitting them up to reduce the risks. That, coupled with a good backup strategy can save your bacon
Todd
Ah yeah, against hardware failure I store the important stuff on a different harddisk every month or so. I actually sensed something was going wrong and stored everything so no damage for me this time except money
I could have bought an SSD but the the computer is a bit old, I didn't trust the existing hardware as 5-6 years ago SSD was problematic.
PS; I figured out why my system constantly froze and finally killed the harddisk,
Adobe flash is now using something called "protected mode" and its buggy as hell. Since Chrome automatically updates flash I couldn't figure out fast enough, happened today with mozilla but I figured out and disabled that mode easily. Now everything is cool.
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