Must i partition my c: drive

Do i have to partition my c: drive into two or more so as to seperat
the portion occupied by the o/s from that used in storing my files? mus
be partition also be done while loading the vista o/s or it can be don
after the installation
thank yo

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SOF

Firstly you do not Have to keep your files on a separate partition in
vista but If you do it has advantages. The ideal sytem from a security
standpoint is to store your files on a separate physical drive because
if anything should happen to your VISTA drive then your data is safe.
The main advantage of having your data on a separate partition is that
if you ever need to re-install Vista your files are unaffected by the
re-install.

you can set up the partitions either before, during or after your vista
install. have a look 'Here '
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/95...xtend.html)for
tutorials showing options within vista


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barman58

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*Barman58*
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Thanks for the responses to my questions. but if i am making us of
single drive of 80G capacity and i wish to install a linux or unix o/
on the drive, how do i go about it making us of this single partitio

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SOF

have a look 'Here ' (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1)It relates to
freeware app BCDedit which is used to set up Dual boot with vista - I'v
found that the tutorials and such here are very good and explain th
process and options much better than I can :

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SOF <> wrote:

>Thanks for the responses to my questions. but if i am making us of a
>single drive of 80G capacity and i wish to install a linux or unix o/s
>on the drive, how do i go about it making us of this single partition

That's different. If you want to multiboot different operating
systems, then you're going to want to put them on different
partitions.

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