re: How much space to allocate when partitioning Monday, December 23, 2002 at 6:07 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bob B (2307 messages posted) Both of the other responses are good, but I tend to side closer to Jon... On Monday, December 23, 2002 at 4:17 am, Simon wrote: >I've just got a Dell 4550 with a 80GB Turbo (7200 rpm) hard drive, running Windows >XP. > >I want to partition the drive for several purposes: > >1. Software/applications >2. Documents >3. Multimedia/video capture & editing >4. Virtual memory. > >These are my questions: > >* Are these the appropriate, and only, uses for drive partitions? > >* How much space should I allocate for each purpose? > >* Regarding virtual memory, how do I make sure that I place the relevant partition >in the fastest part of the drive? > >* If I partition the drive and later decide to change the sizes, are there any issues >to be aware of? > >Many thanks in advance for any help that comes my way. Written in response to: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Simon: Monday, December 23, 2002 at 4:17 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How much space to allocate when partitioning (Simon: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 4:17 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Ben: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 4:36 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Jon: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 5:04 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Bob B: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 6:07 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Adam Bradley: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 8:08 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Gennadiy: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 8:31 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (Jon: Tue, Dec 24, 2002, 1:45 am) re: How much space to allocate when partitioning (czyxzy: Mon, Dec 23, 2002, 11:32 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum