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01-18-2006, 06:38 PM
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Two Drives On A New System?
Soon, I am going to build another computer. I wanted some input on this. I plan on using two SATA drives. One about 20-40gig(possibly 60)..then another drive about 120gig..maybe more. We;ll see how prices are. Would it be better to install the OS on the smaller drive..then all the applications on the larger drive? I ask this because I usually reformat my drives about every three months. I never keep crucial stuff on my normal drives, only on my external. I would like to know how this would affect any games I plan on doing..or keeping apps on a seperate drive....then blowing out my small drive when i need to
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01-18-2006, 06:43 PM
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As long as the drives are the same speed and have the same cache size; it doesnt matter.
Edit: Actually since you dont keep very important info on it, id get 2 indetical drives and stripe them in RAID 0, improving preformance and even if lets say one of the drives goes south..you dont need to worry about crucial data being lost.
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01-18-2006, 06:43 PM
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well the games will run abit faster if its on the same HD as the OS. other then that i think its a good idea to keep the smaller one for the OS then the bigger one for all the apps
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01-18-2006, 06:55 PM
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Both ideas make sense......here is what I would ultimately like to accomplish...strictly from the hard drive perspective......
Drive 0 A smaller drive that I can reformat whenever I need. I usually use Darik's Boot and Nuke, and run 11 passes of the twister. So, it does need to be a smaller drive. Also, I can install games and apps to try them out before I decide to keep it. This way, I know what I want to use or not and what to keep or not. Drive 1 A larger capacity drive that all my music, games, photos, and apps will permanatley run from. This will never be formatted and would possible contain the Restore point for WinXp. I am not sure that if I install Win on one drive, that I can run all my apps from the second drive, and still be able to format my drive at will, without reinstalling apps again. I was thinking it might affect the registry in some odd way? or cause other issues..... I like having my main drive clean, and minimal. I am not sure if there are any other options? Maybe a RAID with SATA....then an external drive....but how do i backup games?....hmmmm....possibilities |
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