Re: Partitioning an OEM install of SBS 2003

From: Ron Hildreth (ron_at_hildrethus.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:10:44 -0500

In article <#U9S0sk5EHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>,
chad.gross@laytonflower.nospam.com says...
  And partioning with SBS is
> kinda like religion in general - everyone has their own beliefs, and you'll
> never get a consensus - with the exception that you should have more than
> one partition ;^)

I'm a bit new using SBS, so perhaps you can give me some
insight here - in a single drive system, what are the
advantages of creating more than one partition? Thanks.

Ron

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