Big Al wrote:
> petert wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am about to replace my current HD with one with more space and this
>> will give me the opportunity to create a partition exclusively for the
>> OS.
>>
>> My question is this - what size partition do I need to create to
>> comforably accommodate XP?
>>
> Why? Leave it as one. If the OS craps and you reload, the apps on
> the other partition have to be reloaded anyway.
> Other than maybe data, and backups should handle that, is it worth it?

I concur with Al. Leave it alone and do NOT just put it on its own
partition (not a good choice).