Partition and format

[John Barnett - MVP]

The ntfs file system is far more secure and less likely to
crash. So your choice is a good one.
Your second question is ok too. I do have an 80gb drive
and i allow 20gb for windows XP. However i do have a
number of applications that need a lot of disk space. You
might also like to create another partition of say 2GB or
more to house any data you want to backup.
Your third question, the actual amount is 8MB and this is
perfectly normal. This is needed by the ntfs file system,
so there is no need to worry about that.

Hope this helps

John Barnett - MVP
Associate Expert
>-----Original Message-----
>I just built my own computer for the first time. I
relied on XP to format
>and partition the HD.
>On my old Win 98 computer I had a 10 gb HD. I used less
than 3 gb.
>My new HD is 120 gb (smallest I could buy at Fry's was
an 80 gb and 120 gb
>was cheaper with rebate.)
>
>If I recall correctly I choose to use the NTFS format
system as opposed to
>FAT 32 - good or bad?
>I made a 12 gb partition for xp and left the rest of it
unpartitioned -
>good or bad?
>If I recall, 8 gb of the 120 gb was reserved for some
other use? Is this
>normal? Please teach.
>
>The A. Baba
>Blue Master
>
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