On Apr 21, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
>> I'm not saying that you cannot improve some aspects of system 
>> management
>> in Windows by using a separate partition for the user profiles, only
>> that it doesn't work nearly as well as the same tactic does in Linux. 
>>  I
>> have been working in the Windows world for 17 years (since version
>> 1.0!), and I've only rarely used multiple partitions, primarily 
>> because,
>> even with 2000, XP, or 2003, the system still has so many assumptions 
>> of
>> a C: drive, that it's just easier to manage with a single large
>> partition (the settings directory works just as well for backup
>> management on C: as it would on D:, and there's not much other benefit
>> from partitioning a single drive)
>
> You make some very good points. About all a D drive can do is save 
> data, not
> all the user preferences, etc that a /home partition can save.

Are you sure?  I'll say up front that I have somewhat limited 
experience with the sys admin side of Windows but while fooling around 
with XP Pro the other day, I discovered the 'mountvol' command.  From 
the description, it seems that you could mount the second drive's 
partition on any directory ("folder") on the C: drive.  This sounds a 
lot like the Linux 'mount' to me.  If true, then I don't see any reason 
why the second partition couldn't be mounted as
C:\Documents and Settings.

This is starting to stray a bit off topic for PLUG, but I'd be curious 
to know if that's the case.  Are there any Windows gurus here willing 
to shed some light on mountvol?

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