would a partition defend against virus?

[ImnoGuru]

Hello and thank you for taking interest.
Would a partition on a 500 gig drive, of say 20 gig,  help against virus attacks?
I could load programs onto the 20 gig section and if they were infected then they wouldnt get into the main OS registry, would they?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

In a virus point of view, this doesn't matter at all.

Windows gets infected, which infects your files.

[ImnoGuru]

Closed... Thanks Carbon Dudeoxide.. I understand now.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Okay.

If you want to protect your files, have an antivirus installed on the computer.