How many HDD or partition?

[VS461]

Hi guys,

sorry for a new thread but cannot find an existing and suitable one... I've just started to build a new rig and have a bit trouble; which HDD setup is best:

- one partition for both the OS (XP) and main program files (LOFC, DCS:BS:)) on a HDD, or

- one partition for the OS and another for these programs on the same HDD, or

- one HDD for the OS and another for programs?

 

I don't want to build a RAID rig, just want the best performance. One HDD will be a WD Raptor (just one:() and one or two "pure" 7200RPM SATA things.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[SuperKungFu]

Personally I have one 1 partition.

1 for the OS, and all the other program, I gave that 80 gigs

And the rest is just storage for files.

[Pilotasso]

Got 2 disk drives, both have 1 partition. one for backups and the other to install progams and to screw up the OS, so I dont loose my backups if I cant boot the machine anymore.