I have to agree with deadflower that backup is probably more important.
I am a proponent of separating system from data, both Windows & Linux. That makes it bit easier to reinstall system, but does not negate importance of backups.
But for a very new user it is not critical. I used just Windows, Linux and a shared FAT32 partition for years.
But with Windows 7 they have made it difficult to create new partitions. Almost always Windows 7 will use all 4 primary partitions under MBR and get you into the issues of partitions.
Most Windows users do not even know what a partition is. Windows calls both physical drives and partitions as drives. So you have to get into what partitions are.
But now I have multiple installs and find separate data partitions more important and do not have separate partition for /home.
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