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Hi I have a new pc with a 160Gb sata drive. what is the best way to install windows, with a partition on the drive or not? any good ideas

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Hi tks,

Best to leave the partition blank, there is no point in partitioning the disk before hand. During the initial Windows XP setup, you will be asked to create a partition on the disk.



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