Chuck411.

If your system is NTFS, you would gain very little in having multiple partitions. Partitioning is a personal thing. There is not a right or wrong way to partition a hard drive.  Whether you install multiple, smaller partitions, or leave it as one large partition, that's entirely up to
you.  The following articles may help you decide.

http://partition.radified.com/partitioning.htm

http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_02.htm

Bev.

Thanks for the links, I decided to create a single partition on my second hard drive, what do i need to do select when going through disk management to make the drive one big partition
thanks

Chuck411.

See if these generic instructions for partitioninf and formatting an additional hard drive using Windows XP Disk Management, they are by Seagate, but apply to all brands,

Chuck411.

Yes.

Bev.

excellent, its easier then i thought, Thanks alot