hey guys,

i've a 80Gb on disk 1, 40Gb disk on disk 2 and 300G on an external disk 3

I would like to make PARTITION on disk 1 and 2.. basically LEAVE disk 3 alone for now.

i google online and found an article http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/tulloch_partition.mspx

My work are mainly programming with php, c++/c and java. I use programs like MS office, notepad++ and jcreator, vmware, alittle on adobe photoshop.

currently i have no partition on any disk =).. didnt have time to do it the last time

and so right now i wanna do it.
i was THINKING:
- have OS on 'c' drive with 30GB on disk 1
- have all program files on 'd' drive with 45GB on disk 1
- have paging file with 5GB on 'e' drive on disk 1

- have my WORKING files on disk 2 which is 40GB completely
- have all my archives, videos, audio, applications on the external drive completely.


but i know this may not be the best way. any SUGGESTION on how to improve this?



Why not just put the 40GB as your boot drive with the page file being a fixed size. Then run your programs and documents off of the 80GB?

That sounds like a lot less work, and easier way to do it.Excellent video..,

http://www.professormesser.com/2009/01/07/working-with-disk-partitions-and-file-systems/excellent video..

according to the video, he only allocated 4Gb to c drive for the OS. is it enough?Not for XP or Vista...Quote from: nuttynibbles on July 24, 2009, 09:54:26 PM

i was thinking:
- have OS on 'c' drive with 30GB on disk 1
- have all program files on 'd' drive with 45GB on disk 1
- have paging file with 5GB on 'e' drive on disk 1