On Jan 20, 2004, at 07:48, Alex wrote: >> I DO, on the other hand, understand the benefits of single partition >> [...] > > And they are... Everything IS in one place, some folks struggle if they have more than one filing cabinet, no matter how big/cluttered it may be No loss of HD space due to partition creation (ever notice how a 120 gig HD is not 120 gig right from the get go? Partition it in half, look at the size of the two halves. Partition it again into quarters or eighths, notice how you keep losing space?) Others may chime in with many other reasons why they prefer the single partition set up.