Really depends on what you want to do with your Mac as to how you should set up your drives. What type of space do you require? What kind of work will you be doing on it? Coj -- On a full disk, you can seek for hours. DZ-Jay <dz at caribe.net> Hello: I was running out of HDD space in my MacMini, so I bought a new external HDD, and I want to know what would more experienced people recommend that I do. My internal drive is 80GB and my new external one is 160GB. Is there a "recommended" way of partioning the drive? Should I move my Home directory to the new drive, and if so, what's the best way of setting that up? dZ. -- On a clear disk, you can seek forever.