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If you start out with bare drive, XP setup will give you an option of how
hard drive space/area to use. This will create the intial "C:" partition.
It will carry you through the windows installation, and registration
procedures. I suggest using NTFS instead of FAT32.
Any remaining hard drive area can be used to create the additional
partition(s) that you want. It can be done within an XP environment with
its own tools.
Data is lost from a hard drive for different reasons. The first being is
the file is written to an area that has become unusable. This will not
affect any other partition. The next is that the file system becomes
damaged or the partition boot information is damaged, so files on that
partition may become accessible. This does not affect other partitions.
Finally, the master boot record which contains the location information of
the partitions may become damaged. This may include all partition
locations, and will thus affect and cause loss of all file access on any
partition. Am indicating that there is not a yes or no answer to your last
question.
"Michael M" <Michael M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:353DE6E7-3E61-4E93-BEA7-6CBC434B484A@microsoft.com...
> I received a new computer today and will shortily be setting it up,
> transfering files etc. What are the benefits of partitioning the C Drive
> into three parts (programs, data, pictures)? I am considering this to
> simplify backups.
>
> If I DO create a second and / or third partition is any data lost on the
> original partitition?
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