Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:39:23 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-04-01 13:22, rbowman wrote:

On 1 Apr 2025 16:35:46 GMT, vallor wrote:
 

It's notable that he recommends having one's data on a separate drive
(not just a separate partition), so you can blow away C:
with impunity.
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Sounds a lot like a BCP for Linux, where /home is a separate
partition...

 
IT traditionally build our Windows machines and installed Windows with
a C:\ and D:\ drive. Drives weren't that large back then and they
tended to skimp on C:\.  Many Windows applications insist on putting
some or all of their stuff on C:\ guaranteeing a problem down the line.
Coupled with the builds were usually the cheapest components on NewEgg
it was a lot of fun.
 
 

I'm curious: what would the problem down the line be that's supposedly
guaranteed? I'm not being facetious; I'm really wondering.

If you start with a C:\ that's barely large enough to contain the OS and
then install third party software you will run out of space on C:\.

I can't remember the chain of events that triggered it, possibly a failed
update, but even with a large C:\ I saw it was filling up rapidly and not
from anything I was installing. It turned out that the culprit was the OS
repeatedly logging that it was running out of room.

It's fun going on an expedition to find stuff you can delete to make more
room.