I will just tell you how I have my pc set up:

I have a 15 GB HD on which I have WinXP and WinME, the
drive is partitioned into two equal parts...Partition
Magic includes Boot Magic which allows me to choose
which to boot.  I kept ME around because I had
compatability issues with some programs I liked...and
I did not like XP at first, but I am now thinking of
ridding myself of ME.  XP has won me over.

All my applications, games, documents are on my second
HD, 160 GB divided into just 4 equal partitions.

Works great for me, I back-up my 15GB regularly in
case of any catastrophe/saving my registry entries...

So far, so good one year!!

Date:    Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:49:34 -0500
From:    Robert Hardesty <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 60 Gig hard drive partition

I'm going to partition my 60 gig HD for the first
time. After going
through two total crashes,complete installs and
reformats I want to create
a small, second back-up O/S, to save down time, and
allow me to have
basic functions like a browser and email. I also want
to create several
small partitions for data backup (music, photos,
program files and word
documents). I'll be using Partitionmagic 7.0. My
question is, how
should I size these partitions? My main O/S will be
Windows XP with MS
Office 2000 Professional.I would like to use a smaller
backup O/S and dual
boot. I have a basic Win ME disk or should I use an
open source O/S? I
would like something very user friendly and I am
familiar with ME
(although it is a bit unstable). Perhaps someone knows
of something smaller
and easy to use.I would say Win 98 but I don't have
access.

Also, what would be the best size for these
partitions? I was thinking
20 Gig for XP, 15 Gig for second O/S and dividing the
other 25 Gigs
into 3-5, 5 to 8 Gig storage partitions. I may be
totally wrong about
this, so any help on the second O/S and partition size
and setup is
welcomed.

Note: Presently, I have 49 gigs on drive C, and 8 gigs
on drive d, and
both are ntfs which can't be changed back to fat 32
without format.
Also XP is installed on drive C and one of the main
reasons for partition
is to protect it from a reformat or
reinstallation.Manufacturer says I
will get 60 gigs after partition.

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