The size of your partitions is really a matter of how much will be stored
there. Typical spreadsheets and documents aren't huge and you can usually
get by for quite some time with a 500M data partition BUT you do need to
consider what type of data you'll store.

As for a partition for backup, I really wouldn't recommend it. If your hard
drive crashes, you'll lose both the original and the backup. It would be far
safer to invest in some type of removable media for backup.

Last, your mscdex.exe command should look like this:

mscdex.exe /d:001 <-- the 'd' specifies the name of the driver.

Hope this helps!

-----Original Message-----
Thanks to all who responded to my questions.

There are still points that aren't clear to me:

My HD is 4.3GB. Now it is divided into 3 partitions -- 1.99, 1.99, and .312.
Up until now, I've only been using C:, essentially filling it up, while D:
and E: remain not utilized. I think (and here I'm asking for opinions and
advice) that I would like to resize the partitions, so that on one I could
have OS (Win95) & applications (Office 2000), one for data, and the third
for backup. How large should each one be?

When I tested my Windows95 boot disk, I saw that it doesn't recognize my
CD-ROM. I get an error message:
mscdex.exe /e:001
Expanded memory not present or not usable
Illegal Option
Usage: MSCDEX [/E/K/S/V] [/D:<driver>...] [/L:<letter>] [/M:<buffers>]

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