Question about Partition

[dcjapanman]

Newbie here,
I have a 80gig HDD, with about 60 gigs free.
Should I partition my HDD before I do any DVD copying?

if so, whats the best program to use?

Thanks

[Jesterrace]

Is it NTFS format? If so then don't worry about it, if not then definitely convert from FAT32 to NTFS. FAT32 limits you to 4GB file sizes and that can be a royal pain when it comes to DVD projects.

[dcjapanman]

Is that english? LOL

how do I find out if its NTFS?

[dcjapanman]

Nevermind, I got it.. Duh....

My HDD is NTFS

[Templar]

I always partition my drives into catagories, for organizational purpose. Have the OS, and your apps on a small (<10 Gb) partition, Games on another, and working space on another. I also have a partition dedicated to backing up my primary, but this is best on a different physical drive, until you can put to CD/DVD. This will keep your OS partition less fragmented, and things more organized.
I use Drive Image, to back up my OS partition to the partition specifically for it. This is a weekly ritual for me, and has saved my a$$ many, many times, because I do a lot of configuration changes, and install a lot of "non commercial" software, some of which has totally destroyed my OS.

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