hard drive partitions

[prozac]

ive just got a new hard drive for my laptop, and wondering about partitions. Im thinking of making a 30 gig partition for samples only, with the other 70 for general use, ie where all the music programs are going to be stored.
any thoughts?
should i create other partitions... one for my own samples and another for purchased samples. one for presets, or anything else for that matter...
any ideas appreciated

[dan the acid man]

i'd say your first idea is the best way, have one partition for windows and program files, then another for your samples and documents.

[prozac]

cheers dan,
and what sizes would you keep the partitions?
ive heard 30 for program files and 70 for audio samples etc

[dan the acid man]

depends really, you have to look at how many programs your going to have installed, how big each one is, how big your os is etc.

[Barely Human]

Get a seperate harddrive for you samples. They are so cheap now that there really isnt a reason for not having one.

[prozac]

yeah but its in a laptop.
if the cpu is overloaded completely, isnt the usb connection one of the first things windows drops?
i remember having a bit of trouble with it before..