Partition for OS & Apps?

Is it better to partition a disk and load the OS and applications on one partition and the files all on the other partition?
The advantages I assume are that if the OS screws up and needs replacing it can be easily done, unlike the situation I'm in where it's not possible to do an 'archive and install' of OSX because of all the updates. Last time I tried to do an Archive & Install I found out Panther wouldn't allow that because I'd done updates and the OS to be replaced was newer than the installation disk.
Anyhow, I do mostly Photoshop work... which needs all the speed it can get. So is putting the OS and Adobe software on one partion and the files on the other going to speed things up?
Also, what size partition would be good out of a 80 Gig drive for the applications?
Any input much appreciated...

There is no particular advantage to partitioning a drive. Furthermore, Apple discourages separating parts of OS X across different drives or partitions. Certainly, if you want to install your third-party applications on another drive or partition you can, but most all installers expect to find applications in the Applications folder.
Actually Jaguar, Panther, and Tiger allow you to do an Archive and Install on the same volume. The problem you had was that you didn't know what you were doing when you tried to do an Archive and Install which lead you to believe it wasn't permitted. You just didn't follow the proper procedure more than likely because you didn't read the KB document or any other document such as Help to learn how it should be done. For future reference:
Select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu. Do a search on Archive and Install. Look for the entry "How to reinstall OS X." You will also find additional information here.
What is really best is not to partition a drive but to get a backup drive. You can either install another internal hard drive if you have a system that can accomodate it or you can get an external Firewire drive. Keep a bootable clone of your main hard drive on your backup drive.

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