I am putting up my new G3/bw and dealing with my first muti-gig drive, a 12 G ATA. Does anyone have advice on how best to partition such a large space or should I just leave it alone?

Thanks

Bob Graham

[freedom]

This is what I like to do:

5 partitions

1 - Macintosh HD - 500MB for system files only
2 - Hot Spare - 500MB - hot back up of system
3 - Applications - 5 gig
4 - Test area - for new systems and downloads - 4 gig
5 - Documents - for all Docs - 2 gig

This way you keep a nice clean system + a backup + your system does not get very fragmented. It also makes it very easy to migrate to new OS relases.

[jreades]

I'm not sure if this is covered by the "Hot Spare," but I'd also have a small (500MB) partition to use as a swap for memory when you're running Photoshop, Quark, and the other big, bad boys of graphic design.

Seems like great info from Freedom...I'm curious to get more info on partitioning(since I'm new to the thought)...where is the best resource.

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Love to learn...

Speaking of partitions, is there a way (commercial software package or otherwise) to create them without having to reformat/initialize the drive (and backup everything?