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From: jimx@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Advantages/Disadvantages to multiple logical drives
Message-ID: <6768@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 88 21:24:13 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: hard disk partitioning,80386

I have an 80386 machine with a 130-Meg hard drive that I am about
to set up as a 3COM PC Server.  What I would like to know is if
there is any advantage to setting up multiple logical drives
(D:, E:, f:, G:...) as opposed to just one or two (my initial
thought is to have C: for system and shared application files,
and D: for general user directories).  On the other hand, are
there disadvantages, obvious or otherwise, to the multiple drive
arrangement (or two drive, for that matter)?  Would the several
drives make disk access any faster?

This is the first time for me, setting this up, so if anyone has
any particular hints and suggestions, I would not mind receiving
those as well.  We are using 3COM 3+ Share, Mail, etc.

If the responses warrant, I will post a summary.  Thanks in advance,

Jim Harris
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