Re: w2k partitioning help

In news:8b2qfvc1tqb64d70v7ui76iv9l1cs43l8i@4ax.com,
Andy <1@2.7>
posted their concerrns,
Then Kevin D4Dad added his reply at the bottom.
> I would give 2G to the OS.
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:44:21 -0700, "Cliff" <opto_e_sum@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I have a Toshiba laptop circa 1999, running W2K.
>>
>>It seems that periodically I have to run a clean install
>>on my system and I would like some help and advice on the
>>following plan: On my next clean install (coming soon) I
>>want to partition my hard drive. Having never done this
>>before I could use some step by step instructions to give
>>me some idea of what to do. My clean install procedure
>>involves first loading 4 floppys then the CD.
>>
>>I have a 6gig HD and am currently using 1.8gigs. My
>>computing requirements are very simple; word processing, a
>>little Photo Shopping, and internet. My idea is to
>>partition the drive such that C gets 1 gig and D gets the
>>rest. With the OS on C, I can load all my files, any apps
>>that I download, etc. on D. That way if I have to do a
>>clean install again I'm not doing a back up, and then
>>going on the net looking for and downloading various
>>programs all over again. I don't have a burner so
>>my 'backup' has consisted of copying my word docs. onto
>>floppys. Sad, I know.
>>
>>Does this plan make sense? Is allowing 1gig for the OS
>>too much, not enough?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Cliff

I would give at least 4 gigs to the OS and would probably be better to give
the entire 6. You need at least 2 for win2k 4 is what I would recommend as a
minimum for proper defragmentation. Anything less won't leave room for a
good defrag especially if the page file is on C plus the space that is
reserved for MFT.
IMO, use the entire six and get another drive for your documents.

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