Smaller HD space = faster?

http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/smaller-hd-space-faster/51684.html

Above link has a good discussion about the topic. One of the suggestions - a large hard disk (300GB etc) should use 3 partitions at least - a small one (20GB or so) for OS, a 2nd one for Programs , 3rd one for storage.

"IMO, you should have a minimum of 3...a relatively small one for the OS, one for programs & one for storage. If the 300GB HDD is setup as one huge partition, of course it's gonna take longer to run maintenance utilities.

http://partition.radified.com/"