SSD Partitioning

[Towley]

Hi everyone,

I've bought a PC and it's currently in transit. I've been doing lots of reading on these forums and I was happy with everything but something popped up in this mornings read that has me a little worried:

I bought a 1TB M.2 Drive that I was going to use as the boot drive, for programs and games but I've seen that is a problem when doing a 'reset' after major windows updates? (read this is necessary)
Don't want to have to download programs and games after updates!

Have I read something wrong, or is this the case?

Would making a partition of the drive sort this issue?

Would I need to set up windows again after partitioning or would the process not affect existing files?

Thank you in advance for your time,
Towley

 

[ubuysa]

I think you're talking about new Windows 10 versions (from 1909 to 2004 for example)?

It depends how you choose to upgrade to the new version. The least destructive way is to allow Windows Update to do the upgrade in place. That won't change any of your installed programs or games but for many users it can cause niggly problems that can be hard to troubleshoot. The most reliable way to upgrade is to clean install the new version, this will require you to install all your programs and games again, but it will give you the most stable and reliable operating system.

Partitioning the SSD can help here. I don't game but I understand that putting your Steam games on a separate partition means that once you've reinstalled the new Windows version you just point Steam at your games partition and it will pick up your games from there. Most other programs will still have to be reinstalled however.

You might find this a useful help if you decide to allow Windows Update to upgrade Windows to a new version: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...upgrade-to-a-new-version-of-windows-10.69471/

 

[Towley]

I think you're talking about new Windows 10 versions (from 1909 to 2004 for example)?

It depends how you choose to upgrade to the new version. The least destructive way is to allow Windows Update to do the upgrade in place. That won't change any of your installed programs or games but for many users it can cause niggly problems that can be hard to troubleshoot. The most reliable way to upgrade is to clean install the new version, this will require you to install all your programs and games again, but it will give you the most stable and reliable operating system.

Partitioning the SSD can help here. I don't game but I understand that putting your Steam games on a separate partition means that once you've reinstalled the new Windows version you just point Steam at your games partition and it will pick up your games from there. Most other programs will still have to be reinstalled however.

You might find this a useful help if you decide to allow Windows Update to upgrade Windows to a new version: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...upgrade-to-a-new-version-of-windows-10.69471/

That's good to know thank you, if I were to partition once I receive the machine would it cause any problems to Windows or what is already installed? Thank you!

 

[ubuysa]

That's good to know thank you, if I were to partition once I receive the machine would it cause any problems to Windows or what is already installed? Thank you!

No. You'd need to use the Disk Management tool to shrink the existing Windows partition to give you room to add another partition.

A better way would be to use the configurator to tell PCS how you want the drive partitioned and they will do it for you.

 

[Towley]

No. You'd need to use the Disk Management tool to shrink the existing Windows partition to give you room to add another partition.

A better way would be to use the configurator to tell PCS how you want the drive partitioned and they will do it for you.

Unfortunately I only read about the above as it was moving through the courier service. Thank you for answering my questions