Recently installed Windows XP on my 15" MBP (2.6ghz, 4gb RAM, 200gb 7200rpm) with Boot Camp. I thought a 25 gig partition was a prudent number for adding a handful of windows games to my MBP. I was wrong. Orange Box alone (w/ Steam) was 14 gigs (duh -- i should have realized that). Another 8 gigs were gone for just whatever the heck came with windows, the updates, etc. I have like 2-4 gigs left and still have a bunch of games I want to install.
I've looked around and it seems impossible to re-partition the drive, so my options seem to be to reinstall windows with a larger partition, or add an extrernal HD and add games onto that. My questions are:
1. Will I have to reinstall the games/saves I installed on windows when I re-install and re-partition windows? Does a re-install of windows erase everything?
2. If I install windows games onto my external drive will there be a noticeable change in gameplay/reliability/speed/graphics power because it's coming off an external and not the internal 7200rpm drive?
Thanks!
I've looked around and it seems impossible to re-partition the drive, so my options seem to be to reinstall windows with a larger partition, or add an extrernal HD and add games onto that. My questions are:
1. Will I have to reinstall the games/saves I installed on windows when I re-install and re-partition windows? Does a re-install of windows erase everything?
2. If I install windows games onto my external drive will there be a noticeable change in gameplay/reliability/speed/graphics power because it's coming off an external and not the internal 7200rpm drive?
Thanks!
