Creation of partition using disk management in Windows 7

Hi all

I am setting up a new laptop and I have a question on the partitions.  Creating partition in Windows 7 disk management has the same effect as the creation of a partition before installing the operating system?

For example, let's say we reduce C drive Windows 7 preinstalled C and D through the Windows 7 disk management tool and use the D drive for drive C for Windows and data.

If Windows is corrupted at some point in the future, the scores also get corrupted?  If this is the case we gain nothing - so we could have a data folder in the C drive instead of split-C and D.

Someone told me that the above method is different from creating a partition before installing the operating system.  If the partition is created beforehand, the partition is safe even if the OS is corrupt, so you don't lose your data.

Is the above correct?

Thank you!

Creating partition in Windows 7 disk management has the same effect as the creation of a partition before installing the operating system?

-> Yes, but you will find that the native disk management refuses to shrink an existing partition by more than 50% (if there are only!).

If Windows is corrupted at some point in the future, the scores also get corrupted?

->, Depends on where the damage occurs, the file system or partition table.

If this is the case we gain nothing - so we could have a data folder in the C drive instead of split-C and D.

-> There are two big advantages of having your data on a separate drive:

-L' backup image you create system partition is much smaller and does not grow.

-When you restore an image, your data is not overwritten.

Someone told me that the above method is different from creating a partition before installing the operating system.  If the partition is created beforehand, the partition is safe even if the OS is corrupt, so you don't lose your data.

-> There is no difference. A partition is a partition, regardless of the way in which you create it.

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