Consider it as a single filing cabinet with the OS in one drawer, applications in another and data in a third. On a single drive laptop/notebook, clearly the physical benefits won't be there - the access time issues will be the same as the "everything on c:\drive" case, but the management of programs and data is still much better. Just the latter enables you manage version control of, and remove, outdated applications without bombing the data that later versions of that or other software might/almost certainly also use.
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If you can, to minimise the penalties, particularly access times (even with large v fast hard drives, they are still significant) arrange it like this:ġ put the Windows OS in one physical drive,Ģ install the applications software on a separate physical drive andģ put the related applications data in another separate (from the OS and the application) physical drive or failing that a separate logical drive or folder on the applications drive. However, there are ways to minimise the consequences. But the horse had bolted and living with it was the only realistic option. That approach makes the C:\ just an enormous bit bucket: no administration of any competence puts every record they have, will have or have ever had in the same drawer of a filing cabinet - but that's what the default c:\drive strategy is.
Microsoft long ago admitted their Everything on C: drive strategy of the windows 95 time-frame or earlier was a mistake: huge performance penalties, many management issues esp related to the registry and version control, installation or un-installation of software and the cross-package impacts of that etc. Naming conventions apply to assist that, but the Corel software by default does that. I have all of them installed in separate folders on a drive that does not store the OS.
For Corel, that includes VS versions 11+, X5,X6,X7 and Paintshop X6.
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And I have never had any problems doing that, for any beta software, full release versions and trials.
I NEVER install software applications or related data to C:\ drive if there is any option to do otherwise (some installers don't give options - they just blast it onto C:).