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[Mason]

I am about to set up a new hard drive in a PC I'm building. It's a 250 GB Maxtor drive. Should I block out like 2-5 gigs for Windows XP and leave the rest for my stuff? Not partition it at all? Also, I plan on doing a good share of video editing, so should I partition like 100 GB for putting raw video? I guess that's probably not a big deal. Also, I think I might want to dual-boot Linux. Should I give Linux it's own partition or can I possibly do that later if I decide to? And I've heard something about Windows XP not handling hard drives over 170 GB or something like that.

Answers to any/all of my questions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Fatty Melon]

"And I've heard something about Windows XP not handling hard drives over 170 GB or something like that."

The limit is 137 GB. You are going to need Service Pack 1 to have XP recognize the full capacity.

 

[ChrisReid]

I've got a 200 gig C partition with XP Professional, no service packs.