Partioning For Audio Etc, Advice please Options

[Presto]

I've read advice on here about partitioning, but I'm not sure if I understand sufficiently well for my case.

Also, while I can still get everything from my external 80G FW Ice HD onto the internal 20G HD of my ibook, I'd like to tidy up and start afresh.

How do you think I should partition the various disks, if at all?

For the moment, I've got a 20G/60G partition on the Ice. The 20G Ice partition has an OS9 on it and backs up the ibook. The 60G partition is for audio files but I did use it once for other stuff so its not "clean".

In general I'm thinking of:
- Imac 233 6G for just about everything besides music
- Ibook 20G for OS9 and music apps (particularly PTLE for Mbox) but it would be nice to put some other stuff on
- partioned Ice: 60G for audio files, 20G for easy backup of ibook and imac

I also have an enet hub, 250M Zip disks, and of course the CD-RW.


Questions:
? Should I empty the Ice and reformat so it's nice and clean
? Should I reformat using Hard Disk SpeedTools 3.5 or Apple stuff
? Is it a bad idea to put other than audio files on the Ice
? Is it a bad idea to partition as as present
? Should I only put music apps on the ibook
? Is it a bad idea to partition the ibook and stick an OSX on one side and an OS9 on the other

[Bart S.]

The 60G partition is for audio files but I did use it once for other stuff so its not "clean".

I wouldn't go that far... If you only used it once for something else than audio, no big deal. It could get tricky if you were using it for anything else than audio on a regular basis... but "once"... that doesn't make your drive "dirty"... (-;
So...

? Should I empty the Ice and reformat so it's nice and clean
If it works as it is... no.
? Should I reformat using Hard Disk SpeedTools 3.5 or Apple stuff
If you really have to... Apple "stuff" is enough in my opinion...just erase the drive via the Special menu and use any appropriate tool to prepare it (I personnaly use Silverlining when it comes to Firewire drives).
? Is it a bad idea to put other than audio files on the Ice
If the firwire drive is only for Back up, no problem... If you intend to use it with your audio soft (playback, record...), it sounds like a bad idea indeed.
? Is it a bad idea to partition as as present
Partition can't do no harm in my opinion... Sizes of the partition depend on what kind of projects you're working on (Big Post Prod° projects->larger partitions/ "small" songs with lots of short audio files->smaller partition could help/...).
? Should I only put music apps on the ibook
Still in my opinion, there's no harm in mixing different kinds of apps... I use PT/DP/Reason/Photoshop/Image Ready/iMovie/FCP/QT Pro/Illustrator/... on a regular basis. All of them are on the same partition of my master drive...No problems...
? Is it a bad idea to partition the ibook and stick an OSX on one side and an OS9 on the other
I don't think so... but haven't myself installed OSX on my G4...

[Presto]

Merci beaucoup Mr S! Clear

[Bart S.]

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