My partitions and Why

[Josele13]

Hey guys, since I used Windows 95 always had the same problem, the operating system broke down for some reason, hard disk spoiled, a program that removes shared files and removing it should not, in the end lost all my data,
I learned computer with my mistakes, asking and searching the net,

not to lose the data you have to do Backup or something alternative, another way is to make more disk partitions and put the important outside the OS,

You have to use Gparted, the Windows installer or the Ubuntu installer for partitioning. The EXT4 partitions can not be done with Windows. You should leave it to NTFS and then to install Ubuntu Mate change to EXT4.

Ubuntu when it's time to install, you click on more options for partitioning and installation,

1st partition - Windows XP in NTFS, make this first OS installation
then extended partition all other

2nd Swap partition 1.5Gb I think it has enough space,
3rd partition in Ext4 root / where the operating system is installed
4th partition in Ext4 home where personal folder and the desktop is always put
Gb enough if I install VirtualBox and add Windows and programs.

Then we have the three most important partitions, where everything is saved and never changed, these partitions made in NTFS, for access from Ubuntu Mate and Windows XP.

5th MUSIC, NTFS, here keep stored music, almost everything on MP3.
6th DATA, NTFS, here keep everything related photos, documents and programs.
7th VIDEOS in NTFS, here keep downloaded movies or recorded with Kaffeine.

It's good because you only open the partition you need, there are days that do not open those partitions, the amount depending on the use, by doing this improvement in performance when searching folders, improved battery consumption (laptops), improved duration of hard drive .

when I change my OS, I just made the changes to the partition 3 and 4, everything else remains the same, do not touch.

I used Windows 3.1; Windows 95; Windows NT; Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP; From there I went to Linux, I met Molinux 4.2 Toboso, a Spanish version of Ubuntu 8.10 in Educational version with Gnome 2, I loved completely,

I installed 4 versions of Molinux, 2 Lliurex, 2 Linux Mint, Ubuntu 3 being the last Ubuntu 14.04 and now use Ubuntu Mate 16.04 (hopefully long). I have not touched the other partitions and have never lost saved data, without using any program to Back up.

always do clean install of Ubuntu, I think it is best a new installation, you avoid accidental changing of settings and other additional problems at update.

But it is always good to have an external hard drive where you save the most important files on the partition of Music, data and video, because hard drives using always end failing.

Each person makes partitions as you like or as you know, but I like it this way,

I hope you understand my explanation and you like it,

regards….

[tiox]

That’s cool information and all, but you couldn’t like, use mate-screenshot to make the image of ubiquity? Slightly confused about that.

Lots of people have difficulty with partitions, since that’s often advanced stuff nobody gets into despite the fact knowledge about them and what can be done with them is super-beneficial.

I often bring up my USB-connected setup of a hard disk with NTFS partition so I can use any Linux session to manipulate files in that NTFS partition, auto-mount it on the Linux system installed at the bigger of the two Ext4 partitions I have and have the most used and most space-demanding of folders in $HOME be there, linked into the Ext4 partition so I can keep file paths tidy and manipulate files on Windows or Mac OS X systems with Paragon NTFS installed in forum threads like these but I also did my own writeup about that on here in the hopes random people find it and find it usable.

[malwaredpc]

Just wanted to mention that in that setup (in which I would prefer GPT instead of MBR but that is not viable because XP doesn’t recognize it) is nice to label the ntfs partition as you did because you can see the name as if it were a folder and also it helps on having less fragmentation.
Nevertheless, it may have an impact because (let’s suppose) if you want to copy a discography to an USB + watch a movie the head moves from one place to a (possibly far) other of the HDD to do the reads, increasing seek time.

[wolfman]

Just for info if anyone wants to learn a little more about partitioning:

GParted partition guide for Linux and Windows users

PLEASE NOTE: THIS GUIDE DOES NOT DEPICT THE INSTALLATION (CREATION) OF A UEFI PARTITION. IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER WITH UEFI/BIOS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO CREATE A UEFI/BIOS PARTITION AS WELL. SEE FURTHER REMARKS ABOUT UEFI PARTITIONS IN THE GUIDE!. Linux beginners should also look here: You can only partition on an unmounted drive using an installation disk of your Linux flavour with a partitioning tool included, use the Gparted tool in live mode, or you can download a copy of Gparted from the link…

See also:

Install Ubuntu-MATE using the "Something else" method

Hi all, this guide can be used on any Ubuntu based system and is intended for people who have a basic working knowledge of an Ubuntu installation and wish to keep the contents of their home folder after doing a re-install. This guide is also intended for those that already have an existing swap, root and home partition setup!!. If you have not done/never done any pre-partitioning, please see this guide about using Gparted partition editor: See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Howto…

[Josele13]

Hey guys, thanks for your comments, everything that can be added to learn is always better, all opinions or teachings are good, Tiox there are certain things you have mentioned, but my little understanding English expressions, escapes me to understand it,
Thanks for this great tutorial Wolfman, he is very extensive and better explained.

The important thing is that people who do not know, understand how it is done and why it does so.

regards…