About the partitioning the hard drive, my mother got an Acer laptop, with Vista preinstalled. Surprisingly enough, it was partitioned exactly the way you mentioned above. However, she puts data on C, and on D, and occasionally installs programs on D in addition to C, so the partitioning doesn’t really help. It is a good idea in theory, but some users STILL won’t catch on.

Craig – LOL!

he he he.
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I printed it out.

Beautiful.

ROFLMFAO!

I am so glad I am not the only one! I think you need a nice little guide to hang at your desk:
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We partition drives on our images at MSU (CHSS). It has worked wonderfully for us.

I’m really thinking about doing this with new machines that we buy. Dell now offers to partition the drive for you when they build the system so this is really something I could easily implement at work.

Of course all the new systems will come with Vista now which will be a total pain in the ass.

Hi,

I am not a very IT minded person, but I have used two partitions systems (one for programs and one for data) for years and it is indeed very practical. If you add a regular CD or DVD backup of the files on the D drive (my data drive obviously), even a total coputer idiot like me can avoid most problems. Even when I have drunk too much… ;-)

He he he he he…

well now… I would have went to work on his computer myself.

DELETE, DELETE.

Sounds like he needs to clean up his documents anyway. Hmm, why is that so hard anyway???
I agree; dumb people are dumb.