OS Thoughts

[JohnLee19869]

I have just built my first pc and have windows 11 on a 1tb m.2, my question is if i partition the drive so boot drive has say 250gb space what can i use the rest for, i have a separate 2tb drive for games, i worry that if i put games on the 1tb drive it might slow down windows as its on the same drive but want to separate the 1tb drive to partitions before i install too much stuff on windows but cannot really think of what else i can put on the games but games but it seems a waste to have 1tb drive empty except for windows on it maybe taking up 100gb to 200gb.

[Laya]

It will not slow down Windows to have games installed on the same drives unless you have a very slow computer to start with.
 

In practice, the time difference is usually negligible.

I'm not sure why you'd need another partition on your 1TB M.2 though.

Unless you use another Operating System, I'd keep your Windows installation at 1TB. 250GB is quite small for Windows 11.

If you're that bothered about programs clutter, you can always choose to install them on another drive. It is usually a proposed option in "Install directory" during the Install Wizard.
It works (kind of) with Windows Store Apps too.

 

If I missed anything that you consider important, don't hesitate to correct me.

[Needfuldoer]

That was sound advice 20+ years ago when all we had was mechanical hard drives. Modern SSDs are orders of magnitude faster at data transfers and have 0ms seek time; you'll never notice the difference if your games are on the same physical volume as Windows.

[JohnLee19869]

thanks for the replies, i just wondered if i partitioned the boot drive and kept the windows partition about 200-300gb it might be easier to backup that partition rather than having to pinpoint which folders to backup in a disorganized drive with windows and games and other files on.