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XP fresh install
Name: Grave Date: March 5, 2003 at 16:06:06 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 768mb
Comment:
I am doing a fresh install on a 60GIG hard drive and need to partition the drive. Does any one know how much I should partition the drive and if it matters what drive I select to install the XP O/S on?
Name: Kerry Date: March 5, 2003 at 16:15:58 Pacific
Reply:
First, why do you need to partition? New filesystems support VERY large drives, and more often than not, partitioning only ends up throwing away usable space.
But, if you must, then I would suggest making two partitions, one 10GB for the OS and use the rest for other data. You might also want to move your Documents/Settings folder to the second partition.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jeff Newton Date: March 5, 2003 at 17:06:21 Pacific
Reply:
For sure make a partition. 10 gig is good for the operating system.
Then you won't run into the problem of trying to save data, as you read a lot about on here, when you have to format/reinstall.
It's actually better to have 3 partitions: OS, programs, and data.
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