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mattg2k4 · 09-26-2002, 12:35 AM

I'm going to repartition and reformat my 80 gig ata 133 maxtor hdd. I will use FAT 32 unless you guys really think I should go NTFS.

Should I use fdisk and format or use my win xp disk to partition and format?

Should I use seperate partitions for os and data and maybe swap? How big and how many?

09-26-2002, 12:35 AM	#1
mattg2k4 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: University of California, Santa Barbara Posts: 800	Partition and Format choices I'm going to repartition and reformat my 80 gig ata 133 maxtor hdd. I will use FAT 32 unless you guys really think I should go NTFS. Should I use fdisk and format or use my win xp disk to partition and format? Should I use seperate partitions for os and data and maybe swap? How big and how many?