Should I install XP on small partition?

[audihere]

I will be installing XP Pro OEM on a new system tonight. 150G raptor. Should I partition off 20 gigs or so for OS and leave the rest for programs? I have 2 500G that I plan to put in RAID 1. I'm trying to decide if it will be beneficial to partition the raptor or if that's not worth it. Thanks!

 

[rgeist554]

That would work. For XP, I think you could even do 10GB and be fine. The good thing about partitioning is that if your OS gets corrupted, then you can do a clean install w/o losing the rest of the drive. Other than that, there aren't really many advantages besides organization.