Hi!
I don't like putting user's data files (documents, etc.) inside the user's Documents directory on C:. Instead I prefer having them on a D: disk, separate from the OS. On the other hand I don't want to create a fixed size partition as I consider it a waste
of space, especially when everything is on a rather small SSD.
Therefore, I consider creating a virtual hard disk (VHDX) on my C: drive and making it dynamically expanding. This would allow me to store data on that "separate" disk which is actually an expanding VHDX file on C:. One problem is that for some unknown reason Windows 8.1 is not able to auto-attach such disks on startup, but I have seen some workarounds to auto-mount them through tasks.
My question is the following: Is it considered good practice to put all data files on such a dynamic VHDX instead on a separate partition? Reading the VHDX explanations it looks like this file format is very stable (even in case of power loss) and is widely
used in virtual servers. Performance should be also very good. Therefore I don't see any reason to not use it for my data drive. Or are there any drawbacks?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Best regards,
Anguel
