Alright to format 500GB as one partition?

[Jon D]

I use XP Pro/SP2 at home. The PC hardware is a bit slow.

I have got a 500GB hard drive mainly to use as a backup for my main
data.

Is there anything (perhaps in XP or in NTFS or from good sense) which
suggests that I'm wiser not to make the whole 500 GB into one partition?

 

[Rod Speed]

I use XP Pro/SP2 at home. The PC hardware is a bit slow.

I have got a 500GB hard drive mainly to use as a backup for my main data.

Is there anything (perhaps in XP or in NTFS or from good sense) which
suggests that I'm wiser not to make the whole 500 GB into one partition?

Nope, its fine.

 

[Arno Wagner]

I use XP Pro/SP2 at home. The PC hardware is a bit slow.

I have got a 500GB hard drive mainly to use as a backup for my main
data.

Is there anything (perhaps in XP or in NTFS or from good sense) which
suggests that I'm wiser not to make the whole 500 GB into one partition?

If it is only for backup, one partition should be ok.

Arno

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

It's OK in any case.

If it is only for backup, one partition should be ok.

Arno

 

[Arno Wagner]

It's OK in any case.

Not quite. Wit an ordinary installation it is a good idea
to separate OS, applications and data in order to be
able to do selective backups easier and to have some
separation in case a partition develops a problem.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Not quite. Wit an ordinary installation it is a good idea
to separate OS, applications and data in order to be
able to do selective backups easier

and to have some separation in case a partition develops a problem.

That's what actually makes you vulnarable, you stupid babblebot.
If you have a single partition and it goes haywire, chances are that
the OS won't even notice because it ain't checking, 'because it is
running from it, so it must be good'.

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

In my experience, NTFS survived well quite a few bluescreens caused by
defective memory (two Crucial sticks, failed on different time). Still
running great. The only real reason a partition develops problems is disk
falure, and that's a reason to replace the whole disk, with all partitions.