Putting user data on another partition

garcia

I'm doing a new xp install and I'd like to separate the o/s from data - in other words I'd like the o/s to be on C: and all my data to be on . I was wondering what the best way was to go about this.

Does anyone else do this? What scheme do you follow?

Many thanks,
garcia.

Little_John

I use the same method well data on another drive I used to use a partition.

I used to partition the drive in 3
C: system
program files
E: my documents

Depending on the size of the drive depended on how much was alocated to what but with expandeing operating system space requirements I now use 15gb for the system, 60GB for program files and the rest for data.

Cricri

Check this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147

The answer in a nutshell:
1. Click Start, and then point to My Documents.
2. Right-click My Documents, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Target tab.
4. In the Target box, do one of the following:• Type the path to the folder location that you want, and then click OK. For example, \My Stuff.
If the folder does not exist, the Create Message dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to create the folder, and then click OK.
-or-
• Click Move, click the folder in which to store your documents, and then click OK twice.
If you need to create a new folder, click Make New Folder. Type a name for the folder, and then click OK twice.
5. In the Move Documents box, click Yes to move your documents to the new location, or click No to leave your documents in the original location.