Installing windows 7 on new computer

[AaronAUron]

I think I understand the basic concepts of partitioning (separating hard drives into different pieces for different allocations), but I'm still not sure what it is exactly for or if I even need to do it. I have a 250Gb SSD that I want to install Windows 7 and maybe a few other programs that I use quite often and could benefit from SSD. I also have a 1 Tb for pretty much everything else. What my partition area looks like now is...

disk 0 partition 1 - 100Mb system
disk 0 partition 2 - 128Mb MSR (reserved)
disk 0 partition 3 - 232Mb Primary
disk 1 partition 1 - 931Mb Unallocated Space

Is this standard? do I need to partition from the "primary" to create an OS partition? how does that affect performance or is it just for a back up strategy if something goes wrong?

[wyattzx]

I wouldn't bother partitioning your SSD. While there can be cases where it's beneficial, mostly there's no point as your mass media will go on your HDD anyways. 

 

Delete the partitions on your SSD during the installation, and do a fresh install. 

[AaronAUron]

I'm not EXTREMELY computer inclined, but I assume you mean delete these two...

disk 0 partition 1 - 100Mb system
disk 0 partition 2 - 128Mb MSR (reserved)

and just select my SSD as the primary drive to install my OS?

 

EDIT:  Figured it out.  THANKS!