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"mxh" <jm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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>> "RJ" <rjnothere@netzero.com> wrote:
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>>>I'm going to format my hard drive and install XP. Can I use the fdisk
>>>command to partition it? Any suggestions on the number of partitions etc
>>>and
>>>on which partition to put XP?
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>> If you boot from the XP CD, you will have the option to partition your
>> disk as you see fit.
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>> As to how many partitions, etc: you will get a different answer from
>> each person you ask. Smaller partitions take less time to scan and
>> defrag ,
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>> larger partitions mean that you have a better chance of
>> remembering which partition that file is on.
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> I have to disagree. If one is using smaller partitions wisely, one can be
> much more organized and finding files is made easier. ie, data on the data
> drive, programs on the program drive, storage & install files...you get
> the idea. Not to mention that such designated partitions will have less
> files to wade through.
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> mxh
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>> NTFS can handle partitions of nearly any size quite well, so it really
>> comes do your personal taste.
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>> --
>> Tim Slattery
And defragmenting is a lot quicker.