Drive "C:" 8GB core XP "\Windows" Drive "D:" remaining GB for "\Program Files", "\Documents and Settings", "\Temp"
Of course it's a customize XP install. No point in further breaking up the drive when < 1TB other than defrag takes less time on smaller drives. YMMV.
No matter what I'd say C: is primary partition, anything else should be in an extended partition. Secondary HDD's should be entirely extended partition.
dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I do not have my "XP-4-Noobz" books yet ............. :) Checking my old W2Kpro books for ideas. Seeking advice on how to partition a new 160GB drive for XPpro. I am going to suppose that XP install/format will leave me with ~148GB of formatted space (ntfs). This should net 4x ~37GB partitions. I expect that the first/initial partition is Primary/Active/Boot (~37GB). For the remaining 111GB? Can imagine single "Extended" partition w/3 logical drives (d:, e:, f: ) ... or maybe, 3 "Extended" partitions (d:, e:, f:, ) ... trying to do this correct to start off! For a change...... :) Sorry, still new to XP and pata/sata drives. Best, Duncan
