Re: Recommended size of OS partition?

dave wrote:
On 28 Mar 2008 11:53:22 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
<jgaines_newsid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Again there may be better partitioning s/w than FDISK, perhaps somebody could recommend a free one - if you have a proper XP install disk then you can boot form that, delete the existing partition, tell it to create a new one then F3 to abort the installation once it has.

If you do have a proper XP CD it may just be easier to re-install while you have no apps/data on the new PC. You can avoid putting all the crud on that PC suppliers seem to think is essential

I use acronis products for "this kind of thing". Not perfect but so
far has proved reliable and very fast - however it does cost.

http://eu.acronis.com/

I use their True vector and Disc Director and image to a removable
HDrive. You can (and should) make a bootable CD of these items. Easy
to do from the menus.
A lite edition of Acronis is available as a free download from Seagate/Maxtor website which is enough for the majority of cloning operations .
It is called Maxblaster, and only works if there is a Seagate/Maxtor drive plugged in somewhere (although it does not have to be source/destination drive)
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