Best Partition size???

[mitch88]

Hi, thanks for reading my question,

I want to partition my new drive to get the maximum usable space.
How small can I leave the primary with 98SE in it ?. (>400meg) ?
Will this harm performance?
Are there any other apps I should put in with 98SE?

I want to isolate Windows from all my other data.
The idea is when windows blows up (as it always does)
The I can just reformat the primary partition and
leave all the other data undisturbed.
As a 2nd line of defense, I also have Norton's Ghost
and a 2nd HD that I will use to copy all the non-OS data to.
I have Partitiion magic but I have never used it.
I just am not sure of what needs to be on the same
partition as the OS.
I don't want to slow down the sys by leaving some app
out of the primary partition (or putting a wrong app in).

My sys (if it matters)
1GHz PIII, 512ram, Abit SA6R, 87SE. 60GB hd

Thanks for your time and help

Mitch

 

[tlcscousin]

I think w98 needs at least 650MB and should leave room for any service packs so if you have enough room I would use at least a GB for the OS section.

 

[edfair]

I would use the 1gb , but I would put the install stuff on the hard drive in another partition. I would also break the drive into 4 or 5 gb chuncks and segregate stuff, probably by program types and data types. But this is just the way my mind works.
Probably 75% of the time you can overlay reinstall to clean up the system, but I can understand the reformat. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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