8204: Need partitioning suggestions

If I convert the C drive to NTFS (for work), will the backup image/software on the D drive still be able to restore my system in an emergency? Do I need to convert the D drive to make that? Also, what's the minimum size that I can make the D drive so that it can still do it's job restoring the system?

 

yes you can still do restore even if you convert C: to NTFS. however, if you decide to do recovery from the recovery partition (D the process would overwrite (reformat) your C: and revert back to FAT32 and you would lose everything that you did in C: before the recovery process. you could not edit the contents of D: nor convert it to NTFS without damaging the image backup found in that partition.

you could regain back the space of partition D: (approx. between 6-8 gb) and use it for other purposes but that would mean destroying the built in image recovery data. if you wish to have another partition, you should use a hard drive management utility (e.g partition magic, or harddisk management professional) and create another partition by taking some space from partition C: and making an extended/logical partition which you would then name as E: or F: then formatting it to either NTFS or FAT32.