Clean Install: ? about partitions

I'm about to start the clean installation but I really don't know what to do with the partitions. I already have backed up my own recovery disks so I want to use the recovery partition space. I have a 250gb hard drive.

In the Windows installation Window, I am asked 'Where do you want to install Windows?'

I don't know what should I do here. I deleted the 12.2 GB Disk 0 with the recovery partitions but I'd like to start clean from just one partition. The other disk is the C: partition with a total size of 220.7. What should I do next? Should I format it? Should I install Vista in there? What's gonna happen with the Disk 0?

 

Extend C: to take the unallocated 12 GB and install on the now larger C: partition.

 

Install on the C partition and if it asks you if you want to format it first say yes.

then you can use the built in partition manager in vista to fix the others after the install. You can expand/increase the free space after you get vista installed, no sweat. You can leave 0 for files or do away with it too. The reason I say wait until after you install Vista is it's easier than messing with all 3 partitions during the install routine(imo).

 

Thanks to the both of you!

 

During the install where you deleted the partition, just deleted ALL of the partitions and skip the extending thing. You're already in it, so just delete it there.

 

Thanks, I did what Lithus said and it worked. I now have a single 250GB=232GB partition. Does it make any difference?

 

No, doesn't matter.

 

Just remember advertised Gigabyte does not equal actual Gigabyte

Real 250GB (250*1024*1024*1024) will equate to 268435456000 bytes
Advertised 250000000000 bytes (250GB on the box) will equate to ~232.83 real GB

 

because there are bad sectors in every disk, which don't show up in the index. =D

 

No, it has nothing to do with bad sectors. It's because of how the size is calculated, using either 1000 or 1024 to mean "1K".