I want to clear out my PC and setup the partitions.
Right now i have it as XP, Win-7, Vista, XP/Test/Spare
I notice my PC is pretty good at virtualization, at least virtualizing linux. I also rarely boot out of my primary XP although i do find myself deving on windows 7 once in a while. So i figure i can have it as XP, Windows 7, data partition then... what? i still have one more slot.
There may be a more useful way to do this so what do you guys think? My bro has 2gb partition that is used to restore the OS which can be ran during the bootup process. However i dont think i can do that with mine. So, what are you thoughts?
Answer
Depends on your disk size, you haven't specified. Prioritize each partitions size based on:
- The default install size
- And which ones you use the most.
Please correct me if I'm wrong so I can update this answer to be more accurate, but:
- XP default install is roughly 1.5GB
- Vista default install is roughly 7-8GB for basic, bit bigger for Premium/Business/Ultimate.
- The Windows 7 Beta was about 6GB for me.
All will vary depending on components you have in your system, these are rough estimates. You only need one partition per OS, maybe a common shared partition to keep music and other documents separate from each OS. If you decide to install Linux onto the drive rather than in a virtual environment, size varies per distribution, but it is usually contained in under 5GB without additional programs installed.
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