Which one is better?

Z@RIFF™ · February 21, 2014

Hi all! I'm planning on buying a 2TB WD Green drives and I wonder which one is better, one partition only or multiple partitions??

piplupgao · February 21, 2014

Hi all! I'm planning on buying a 2TB WD Green drives and I wonder which one is better, one partition only or multiple partitions??

doesn't matter

madknight3 · February 21, 2014

I guess it depends on what you want to do with the partitions. Many linux uses for example will create multiple partitions so they can install a new OS without having to worry about loss of non-installed data.

Antistatic12 · February 21, 2014

It shouldn't matter.

Have you considered a WD Black. it is just a better drive all around than green.(minus the power saving the green has, but that can cause headaches.)

Z@RIFF™ · February 21, 2014

I really appreciate all of your replies! thanks!

TheTechGenius · February 21, 2014

It all depends on the OS you are planing to install. With Windows, you don't need to worry about the Partitions, because most of the time Windows does all that for you.

In Linux, it also depends, because some people like to leave a Partition for another OS (such as Windows), so they can dual boot. Or sometimes its good to have multiple partitions in Linux if you are running a Linux server. You can setup a Partition to use for daily backups of your server.

Like I said, it all depends what OS you are planning to install, and what you are using it for.

Some companies such as Dell, like to Partition the main drive to have a few hundred megabytes just for OS Recovery. So in "My Computer", you will see 2 drives, 1 will be the actual OS and your Main Drive, and the other will be a drive named "Recovery" that is only a few hundred megabytes or so. But most of the time, they will actually be just one drive, and just the partitions will be setup to look like 2 drives. So if you reinstall the OS on the main drive, it won't format the Recovery partition, and the files on the Recovery Partition will be safe. The only way you will loose the recovery files, is if the main drive fails, or if you format the recovery partition.