"DeeDee" <dlyle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uztaIQhrFHA.2996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ok, finally installing XP Pro on new system box. Have a 200g SATA
> drive. Setup is asking me if I want to partition. Should I
> partition? If so, what size, etc?
>
> Thanks in advance for all/any help.
It can be a good idea to partition - one partition for the OS/Applications
and one for data. That way if you need to re-format and re-install your data
remains untouched. Depending on what you use on a daily basis, perhaps about
20GB for the OS/Applications and the rest for data?
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