Upgrading hard drives questions on XP

[srloren]

I use my Windows PC for creating and maintaining

a web site using NetObjects 8, for my son's real

estate business. I utilize digital photography

using Nikon Capture 3.2, brochure creation in

PageMaker7.01 and PhotoShop7, and data processing

using WordPerfect 2004.

I am upgrading from 20 Gig to 120 Gig HDs, 2

each. Should I Slipstream to SP1 and will it save

disk space?

What follows is a Partition layout for 2 Maxtor

120 Gig ATA Ultra DMA 133 drives. Other hardware:

ECS L4VXA2 MB, Pentium 4 2.4, 1 Gig memory.

Disk 0 Size Designation

C: XP_Swap 4 Gigs Primary
D: OSPrgrms 17 Gigs Extended
E: Data 25 Gigs Logical DOS
F: HndyBkUp 17 Gigs Logical DOS
G: Ghost_OS 17 Gigs Logical DOS
H: XP_BkUp1 34 Gigs Logical DOS
I: XPARS_DL 5 Gigs Logical DOS


Disk 1

J: PScratch 7 Gigs Extended
K: XPARS2 3 Gigs Logical DOS
L: XP_BkUp2 34 Gigs Logical DOS
M: Ghostmp 51 Gigs Logical DOS
N: Ghostmp2 8 Gigs Logical DOS
O: Ghost_OS 18 Gigs Logical DOS

Portable Media

P: CD_RW
Q: DVD_RW
R: ZIP100


This number of drives allows for quickly

defragging drives that need it most often. Swap

files are positioned as the first partition on

each physical disk to enhance performance. I will

have a 3"x5" card showing an index of the drives

next to the monitor.

How do I install XP to include SP1 with a minimum

of diskspace. You know, all of those extraneous

files that fill up the hard drive, backups for

the original files, etc. I realize that this is

what SP2 elimainates but I am skeptical of having

problems associated SP2. No SP2 for me at this

time.

I am open to suggestions and/or changes from

computer savey Pros on this forum. TIA for your

ideas.


srloren

[pip22]

Extended partitions don't have drive letters. Drive letters are assigned only to the logical partitions within the extended partition.

[patrickjb]

I think if you’re installing Windows XP on one computer, it’s not worth the time it takes to create a “Windows XP Slipstream” disk. That’s just my opinion. But if you are installing Windows XP on several computers, I think it’s worth the time and effort. Try this Web site, I think they do a great job explaining Slipstreaming and give Step-by-Step procedure: http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstream_01.htm

[srloren]

I completed transfering all of my data and the Install went well. I used a slipstream disk that I made last year that gets me to SP!. Now all I have to do is update through Windows Update. Thanks for the help guys.