Combine Windows and games partitions onto a single drive?
Combine Windows and games partitions onto a single drive?
Hello. Many users have noticed this shift away from traditional partitioning, particularly with the rise of SSDs. It's quite typical to allocate 200-500GB for Windows and applications, reserving the remainder for gaming. Your plan to upgrade from a 250GB NVMe drive to a larger one, partitioning it for essentials and keeping space for games, makes sense. You can also format the Windows partition if needed after a boot issue or update. You're also considering moving your games from a mechanical SSD to an NVMe drive and transferring the old drive data to the SATA SSD.
Truly no justification left. Unless you use several drives, keeping everything on your C: drive is more straightforward. It’s smart to save games carefully so they’re easier to delete when space is needed. Back in the day, before M.2 SSDs were so affordable, there was barely enough room on your boot drive for a few games. The same approach works for any setup with multiple M.2 drives, letting you store your favorite titles or essential files in a separate secondary drive for quick access and organization.
I also have a single M.2 port available. My setup includes one SATA SSD and two HDDs for additional storage capacity.
Recently I faced a problem updating and considered reinstalling Windows. I managed to recover, but without a separate partition or drive I wouldn’t have been able to format it if the issue persisted. Perhaps I’m just old—if I returned from work with a problem, I’d prefer to reset the Windows drive and get back to gaming with friends instead of downloading hundreds of GB. Edited August 23, 2024 by RaiZu added details