Windows XP + Ubuntu set up on fresh HD, suggestions

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I am attempting to set up a single drive machine with Windows XP and Ubuntu as follows:
C:\ windows OS
D:\ OPEN
E:\ OPEN
F:\programs
G:\media (music, vids, etc.)
H:\ Hidden for "adult content"
I:\Storage for stuff I want to keep
J:\image of C:\ (weekly)

Is this adequate?
 
Here ya go.

Can I resize and move with the disk management that comes with windows?

Why on both of my drives does it have a small 3+ gig partition in the front?

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Two 3.5GB partitions is a bit on the small side. You may need to shrink the pr0n partition some more..
 
Ideally, you need to find 10GB for Ubuntu. You can get by on much less, but you'll want a couple of GB for SWAP, and you'll want some space left for /home as well, even if your accessing your media on other partitions, the /home directory is used as the default for all your username settings, among other things.

To give you an idea, here is mine:

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Obviously, I'm using an entire 500GB hard disk, which isn't neccessary, but it will give you an idea of the sort of space being used by / and /usr.

I would recommend that in the beginning you use just thee partitions:
/ = 5GB
/home = 5GB
SWAP = your RAM size (if 2GB or more - if under 2GB its 2x your RAM).
 
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