What do you think of this HDD scheme?

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Drive 0 (80 GB): C: 5.25 GB Windows XP, & as little else as possible
C: 7.25 GB Alternate primary (hidden) for future OS
E: 5.0 GB Data: "My Documents" is defined as E:\. Also, IE Favorites folder &
OE data store.
F: 10.0 GB Programs
G: 1.5 GB Downloaded programs: Original downloads preserved to assist in
future reinstallations
H: 500 MB Disposable Temp files
I: 10.0 GB Downloads of various program CDs
J: 35.0 GB "Reserved for future expansion." (That is, sitting empty.)
Drive 1 (20 GB): D: 500 MB Swap File / Pagefile
K: 18.5 GB Multiple backups of partitions C:, E:, F:, G: (usually 4
generations of backups, plus a few interim partials, fits in this space, when backed
up with MS Backup)
 
Drive 0 (80 GB): C: 5.25 GB Windows XP, & as little else as possible
C: 7.25 GB Alternate primary (hidden) for future OS
E: 5.0 GB Data: "My Documents" is defined as E:\. Also, IE Favorites folder & OE
data store.
F: 10.0 GB Programs
G: 1.5 GB Downloaded programs: Original downloads preserved to assist in future
reinstallations
H: 500 MB Disposable Temp files
I: 10.0 GB Downloads of various program CDs
J: 35.0 GB "Reserved for future expansion." (That is, sitting empty.)
Drive 1 (20 GB): D: 500 MB Swap File / Pagefile
K: 18.5 GB Multiple backups of partitions C:, E:, F:, G: (usually 4 generations of
backups, plus a few interim partials, fits in this space, when backed up with MS Backup)
 
Why? No preformance advantage, no hard drive failure protection. Nothing
like fragmenting the hard drive form the start.
 
Along those lines (or not) what would you suggest? One performance advantage I saw was
moving pagefile.sys to a separate HDD. I was thinking it would be easy to nuke all trash on
any partition, or format the OS easily.

don
 
Sorry did not see the Drive 1 for the Swap file was caught up on everything
being on Drive 0
 
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