what's the best kind of partition to be made?

Whenever I reformat my hard drive I use NTFS since I know it works correctly. I don't know other people might recommend something else but in my opinion NTFS won't steer you wrong as long as you install your windows correctly.

FAT32 or NTFS both would be workable. I've noticed that FAT32 file system tends to be a little slower than NTFS. Back in the day, simply reinstalling XP on an NTFS made all the difference in the world. Go with NTFS.

NTFS is stable. FAT is good because its flexible. A Linux Distro uses FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) wich is superior to windows.

For most instances you can use the NTFS.

Note that a HDD can have 5 partitions. Any more and it can become unstable.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/osse...

That is the Acronis page.

http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/...

To simply make 2 HDs use the NTFS in XP. May want to make a small parti for the swap file, or page swap. It helps alot.

http://www.langa.com/current.htm#2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886

Moveing the pageing file is supported by Windows and explained on the last URI.

NTFS is the best in terms of security and functionality. FAT and FAT32 partitions can be limiting in some operations of the computer.

Simple answer NTFS

There are many reasons to use NTFS, maximum partition size, response time is faster then FAT32 when partition is > 400mB, larger allocation units - which reduces fragmentation on drive, permissions that can be granted to files, file recovery, encryption. Nothing that you may be using today, but available if you want to use them in the future.

go to http://www.sbits.biz/xp/winxptcr/harddisks/1.htm for a good overview

If you are using XP - which uses NTFS - and want to make a new partition for data, you need another NTFS one.

ntfs its the newest type of partitioning. thats what i use.

Yes - NTFS