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["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sunday, 2011-04-24 at 17:17 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2011/04/24 15:17 (GMT-0400) Stephen P Molnar composed:

> I _always_ partition before installing anything. And I always assume
> Windows will eventually need _re_-installing, which blows away the myth
> that Windows needs to be installed first.
> http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html is a place percentage-wise to
> start WRT deciding how to partition.

Reinstall windows? What a pain, never again. Just copy over the correct
image you did after installation, saves hours of work pulling drivers and
software and rebooting. You can do that with dd from the linux side.

> Remember, most HDs are noticeably faster putting and getting data from the
> front of a HD than the end, not unusually a 50% difference, so the front is

The disks I have tested are faster at 1/3 of the front.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
       (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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