What do you think of this HDD scheme?

[dcdon]

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)

 

[MadDog]

I think you have too much time on your hands.

MD

 

[dcdon]

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)

 

[Jlmc]

Why? No preformance advantage, no hard drive failure protection. Nothing
like fragmenting the hard drive form the start.

 

[dcdon]

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

 

[Jlmc]

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