instead of a partition i just got myself an external hard drive. this way if i want to move stuff from one pc another i can do so via usb and the size of the file be it 1 or 20 gigs makes no difference. i always have it switched off unless i'm moving stuff to or from it. usually if i'm modelling i wait till i have about 2 gigs worth of saved files then slap em in a folder and move them over. doing it this way also leaves me plenty of space on c drive for apps and other stuff. i look at it like this....if my pc goes wonky bob it can also affect the partition if you have to do a wipe. with the external hard drive everything is saved bar a gig or two. not sure what i'm talking about but it works for me. my last pc had 2 partitions and when it went down i lost the lot

billy