I don't need a 500GB boot and program drive.. but i've got one, its a nice samsung f3, shiny.
Is there a guide, or a best way to partition for boot and program partition, gona stick XP 64bit on there.
C: = 150GB for OS
D: = 350GB for Programs ??
• Does this sound logical, is 150 to big for boot / os partition?
• Any issues with installing programs on another partition?
• Will the first partition I create be in the fastest readable area of teh plater or do i need to specify?
Just a few questions that id like to ask and would be usefull to know.
Thanks everyone
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The size of your boot partition depends entirely on how many applications and other files you put on it. Personally, I think 120-150GB is a reasonable size, but then I install a lot of stuff on my system.
There's no law that says you NEED two parititions - you could also use just one large partition for everything. The biggest reason to use a separate C: partition for the OS is to reduce the size of an image backup of the OS. If you don't plan to do image backups of the OS then you may not need separate partitions at all.
If you're very careful about how you distribute things, you can use partitions to improve performance. But given your question I think it's probably simpler for you to use as few partitions as possible.
