On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 06:59:11 -0800, John Holmes wrote:

>I have heard that this is not a good idea, however, It appears as
>though you need an internet connection in order to download driver and
>software updates. Would installation of an accounting program, and a
>word processor / printer adversely affect my editing applications?
>Would this be an ideal situation for partitioning the system drive?
>If so, how would I do this?

It is a good idea to set up a video editing computer as
just that to begin with, but you can then add (one at a
time, making sure disaster has not struck...;-) more
things. I edit mini-DV commercially on my computer
(using the "dreaded" Premiere 5.1a...;-), and in addition
use it for photo work, this %^&$# internet stuff (;^]),
audio work (with connections to audio gear), etc., and
I also have the computer on a network, connected to
a printer, and I use dual monitors - it all works well
(not bad, for an $80 Celeron-OC'd-to-450MHz
computer, no...?;-). I would not partition the "C"
drive, except for creating a location for video preview
files (best done when first setting up the computer,
but you can do it later with special software...).
You will need at least one other drive dedicated to
video use, though (this should not be a partition of
the "C" drive) - recent UDMA drives work well for this,
if you are editing mini-DV, and having multiple video
drives for moving large video files around to "clean
up" drives makes it easier than defragging big drives.