Hi Folks: It's time for me to again clean my HD of all the rubbish accumulated over the past year. I want to reformat and then do clean install of ME - no, I've had no trouble with ME on my system. (I updated from WIN98, but understand you can do a clean install if you have the WIN98CD.) I thought I would partition my HD (at the moment its one large partition) and install Mandrake 8. I have PM6. What I would like help on is - 1. Info on partitioning (I've done a search for various links, but I'm sure you folk know a lot more) and more importantly 2. Your own personal experience with different partition combinations. The details of my system are: HD21GB (IMB 7200) 256 RAM OS MSME/Linux Mandrake 8 DVD/CD-RW/Zip/FD TIA Richard Innes Auckland New Zealand [log in to unmask] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/2001 "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode