Hard Disk Partition, 1 or many?

[Mark S]

I have a 120GB drive with a single partition running
WIn XP home.

What are the trades between 1 vs many partitions?

Are there any advantages to breaking it into multiple
partitions?

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I have a 120GB drive with a single partition running
WIn XP home.

What are the trades between 1 vs many partitions?

Are there any advantages to breaking it into multiple
partitions?

Mark,

I never use more than one partition. I don't see any significant
advantages of more than one partition, but I see one clear
disadvantage---your are splitting up your most valuable
asset---your free disk space.

Multiple partitions are sometimes advantageous with some very
special backup strategies. You may also need them when you have
more than one operating system installed. Otherwise they are
useless.

Hans-Georg