How many partitions for the OS?

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by polobunny

I used to do it, now I prefer having another hard drive. Saves you time and frustration IMO. I think 5Gb is alright if you install EVERYTHING on another partition.

QFT. 5GB isn't enough to hold all of your Program Files. I have 5GB taken up by Steam alone. My 74GB Raptor is the perfect size for my primary partition. :-)

[Hitman]

I prefer to have separate drives for my OS and Data. If I only have one HD in the system then I will Partition it. I usually partition at least 50GB for the OS.

[Tyreal]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

QFT. 5GB isn't enough to hold all of your Program Files. I have 5GB taken up by Steam alone. My 74GB Raptor is the perfect size for my primary partition. :-)

He means that Windows ALONE will go on that partition and nothing else. Everything that you download, install, etc. will go on a different partition which are bigger.

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by Tyreal

QFT. 5GB isn't enough to hold all of your Program Files. I have 5GB taken up by Steam alone. My 74GB Raptor is the perfect size for my primary partition. :-)

He means that Windows ALONE will go on that partition and nothing else. Everything that you download, install, etc. will go on a different partition which are bigger.[/quote]

That seems rather pointless to me. After all, most of your programs require registry entries that were created during the installation process. So not all programs will still run if you reinstall Windows and expect to use the same installations of all your programs.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

After all, most of your programs require registry entries that were created during the installation process.

This is one of the reasons why I go with a large partition for the OS/Applicatons/Games, currently 60GB, and allocate the rest for storage duties, such as movies, music, documents, etc.

Here is how I currently have my 2 x WD4000KD drives configured:

Hard Disk One
60GB Partition (OS, Applications, Games)
340GB Partition (Storage, Backups)

Hard Disk Two (For Testing/Benchmarking/Reviewing)
60GB Partition (OS, Applicatons, Games)
340GB Partition (Backup of hard disk one)

The second hard drive is what I use to review motherboards or other such components where a fresh Windows install is preferable. However, I keep it partition as well so that it can also serve as a backup for files on my main drive.