I just got an Asus Eee PC1000HD netbook that has a 120GB hard drive. However, it is partitioned into two--60Gig--partitions.

What are the benefits of having 2 partitions like this? I have read some people have reformatted this netbook and made it only one partition.

I can see the only value of 2 partitions might be less time spent defragging a smaller partition. Any thoughts?