Partitioning a single hard drive?

Before anybody gives me a hard time about asking a repetitive question about partitioning let me explain. I know their are several threads on the forum that say this or that about partitioning but I would like to know some definite opinions. I've just got one Western digital 300gb hard drive on ide 1 (maybe I'll add another hard drive later) with windows XP loaded as the operating system.
     1.Do you guys think it is good idea to partition this hard drive?
     2. When would you partition?
     3. How would you seperate the partitions for example would you make a 10 gig partition for the hard drive, etc.
     4. What are the advantages of partitioning?
Thanks for any feedback.

:Don't worry! I will never hammer someone for asking a question .First of all, Yes I think you should PARTITION a HDD that is as BIG as yours!!. But keep in mind the BEST time to do it is BEFORE OS installation. That does not mean that it is BAD to do it after with a 3'RD party program ie. PARTITION MAGIC..ect... How big,and how many partitions is totally up to you,(as long as you are within space paramaters)..I myself would CUT that size drive into at least 2 150GB partitions.But it also depends on what you are going to put on it ...You can have 100GB for the WIFE, 100GB for PICS or DVDS, AND 50GB for the OS and the rest for GAMES!!! This is what you have to decide....Sean REILLY875

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