First time installation - need advice

From: Elmo Watson (sputnik75043_at_nospam.Yahoo.com)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:17:14 -0600

I'm replacing my old HD with a new WD 250 Gb Hard drive

before, I've only had a 40 Gb with Win2k Pro

Now, I'm going to install WinXP Pro for the first time and need some advice.

I had heard, in the past, with large hard drives, that I should create a
partition with just the OS on it - then install everything else on a second
(or other) partition.
The flaw in this, as I can see it, is that, when you install an
application - the DLLs get installed in the System32 directory anyway - so
no matter what, if something happens to the OS partition - it all gets hosed
anyway.

So - - I'm seeking advice on the most efficient way to set this system
up --- (for once, I'm asking BEFORE I'm actually doing it)

Any ideas here?

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