Partitioning is a good way to keep the OS and data seperate, but I still agree with Halx and suggest keeping them on two seperate drives.
If your drive fails you lose BOTH PARTITIONS!! Trust me, I've learned this from experience.
Setting up an old PC to run as a server will also work.
Whichever way you go, keep your data on a seperate form of media. Another hard drive, CDRW, ZIP, Network or even DVD.
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