Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months Date: 1 Apr 2025 17:22:06 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KMIugAQA2r6zM3ifVF8l2QPc9gE+GNiM821xhYUZ5qq++gbe8h Cancel-Lock: sha1:CHlvMavK6txc4cdyD8Fm9Wm4R98= sha256:xcglZ7GaaSGR5xhC+WNp/X9Rg+mH6N24+ZpayWrUxlw= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:688554 On 1 Apr 2025 16:35:46 GMT, vallor wrote: > It's notable that he recommends having one's data on a separate drive > (not just a separate partition), so you can blow away C: > with impunity. > > Sounds a lot like a BCP for Linux, where /home is a separate > partition... IT traditionally build our Windows machines and installed Windows with a C:\ and D:\ drive. Drives weren't that large back then and they tended to skimp on C:\. Many Windows applications insist on putting some or all of their stuff on C:\ guaranteeing a problem down the line. Coupled with the builds were usually the cheapest components on NewEgg it was a lot of fun.