Size of Boot Partition

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I have a 120 GB HDD for my DELL 3.2 GHz laptop. Can anybody tell me what size
of partitions to make for the most optimum performance. I would install MS
Office, Visual Studio 6 and a few graphics programs like Photo Shop and Corel.
I will be grateful for the reply
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Thomas

What do you intend to use to create the partitions?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Thanks for the reply.
The HDD is mfr by Seagate and i intend using their DM for making the
partitions and then install XP Professional. I would appreciate if you can
reply me soon as i m running short of time
 
Thomas said:
I have a 120 GB HDD for my DELL 3.2 GHz laptop. Can anybody tell me
what size of partitions to make for the most optimum performance. I
would install MS Office, Visual Studio 6 and a few graphics programs
like Photo Shop and Corel. I will be grateful for the reply
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How to partition your drive has nothing to do with optimizing performance.
From a performance standpoint, it doesn't matter. You should choose your
partitioning scheme for organization and convenience, not optimization.

My view is that most people's partitioning scheme should be based on their
backup scheme. If, for example, you backup by creating a clone or image on
the entire drive, then a single partition might be best. If, on the other
hand, you backup only your data, then the backup process is facilitated by
having all data in a separate partition. Except for those running multiple
operating systems, only seldom does it make sense to have more than two
partitions
 
I agree with Ken Blake. There noting you can do by partitioning a one drive
system that will have a significant impact on performance. On a one drive
system the only real benefit to partitioning is organization. At a minimum
you will want 20 GB for the OS and programs. I prefer 30 GB to make sure
there is room for future growth. If you create a partition for data make
sure you redirect My Documents to this partition.
 
Thomas

Sizing of partition is not vitally important if you have a utility which
can resize the partition without losing files in the partition. I do not
know if Seagate DM (whatever that is ) can be used to resize. The
partitioning tools which come with Windows XP cannot resize
satisfactorily. Ideally partitioning is undertaken using
Partition magic or the like.

The following link may help:
http://aumha.org/a/parts.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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I don't know where you got that idea. The default during an install is the
whole drive minus 8 MB. The 8 MB is reserved in case you change the drive to
dynamic and is not normally used for anything.
 
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