Advice Request One SSD on a new laptop is it ok or best not to partition it?

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I plan on imaging it every day or every week. Though really don't need to image the data files.


That why I was thinking if I partition OS just to 100 GB then leave the rest for data ?


Drive/SSD is 512 GB.


No they do not have a lot of data.


My only worry is 100 GB enough for Windows 11 Home as time goes on ?
 
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It's win10, but half of 80GB.
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If you are going to image it the definitely keep your data in a secondary partition for quick recovery in case you system partition gets corrupted. 100gb may be enough. If you find out later you need more, you can always resize the partition.
 
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show-Zi said:
It's win10, but half of 80GB.
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Yes of course it's your personal PC lol not work :P. he says this is for work

mlnevese said:
If you are going to image it the definitely keep your data in a secondary partition for quick recovery in case you system partition gets corrupted. 100gb may be enough. If you find out later you need more, you can always resize the partition.
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Yes for example, D:\Data as 100GB, E:\Backup OS image as 150gb that would be good
 
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CyberTech said:
Alright, 150GB would be good for OS as C:\ and the rest for DATA as D:\, E:\, etc
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I agree with this.

If you install a lot of software much of it often insists on being located in the main OS C:\ drive, even if you have a separate partition set aside for software. Space can be taken up very quickly because of this.
 
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