Re: Desperate! What's the best way to partition 160GB hard disk

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Hi all,

I have a new dell computer, 3GHz dual core intel processor, 1GB RAM,
Windows XP Professional Operating System, 160GB hard disk, etc. It
has been left untouched for half a year just because I do not know
how to partition my hard disk. The new computer comes with only 1
partition for the whole 160GB hard disk. I do not know how to
manually partition my hard disk so I plan to use PartitionMagic to
partition my hard disk. I need to know what is the best way to
partition my 160GB of hard disk like for example, the number and type
of partitions to create, what's the partition created for and how to
do it using PartitionMagic?

There is no "best way" to partition a disk. Opinions vary according to a
users personal requirements or needs. With NTFS partitions, space is no
longer a big issue like with FAT32 partitions. If you don't specifically
NEED separate partitions - leave it as one single partition.

But *in general*, most users create a separate partition to hold the OS
and basic applications (those you always use), and another for your data.
If you don't maintain a lot of data files that isn't an issue. The idea
is to make it easy to backup your system for restore purposes in workable
sized partitions. By using something like TrueImage, Ghost, etc, you can
burn your OS partition and easily restore after a crash, virus, or
whatever in a relatively short time and have the OS and your basic apps
intact again. Same with a data partition if you have lots of data you
need to save.

I have a lot of MP3s and graphics files of family I've been digitizing,
so I have a partition on my second drive for each of those areas.

It depends on YOUR needs what you do and how, but in general, in your
case I would fire up Partition Magic and reduce the size of your OS
partition to something like 60 gigs, and create a second partition for
everything else.
.

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