Hard Disc Partitions

[skp574]

I am going to upgrade my HD in my iMac from the stock 250GB to a 400GB.

I would like to partition this disc so that I can backup the partitions separately.

Ideally, I would like a partition for the OS, one for all Users files and another partition for things like music and videos which will be shared.

I envisage using about 250GB for the music and videos. I currently share a single iTunes music library which is located in the Shared User's folder which works fine. But I want to have this on a separate partition.

I have an external firewire disc to perform a clone to swap out the internal disc.

I just wondered is it really worth partitioning this 400GB beast or just leave it alone with a single partition?

 

[grapes911]

Check out what others have said about the subject:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/144997/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/138376/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/135986/

 

[skp574]

Check out what others have said about the subject:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/144997/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/138376/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/135986/

Cheers for the links.

I just wanted to get some opinions on separating OS, User and Music/Videos.

Keeping the latter two on separate partitions means I can keep things tidy on such a large disc.