Slave or Master

[mr.Os]

My question is . Should a biger drive be master or smaller drive be master .

I mean is it best to install window in a smaller drive or in a biger drive ?... ..

[Lespaul20]

Unless you only have a 40pin cable I would recommend using Cable Select on your drive. As far as drive size for the OS it depends on how you plan on using it. I would use the larger for the OS and use the smaller for backing up of important data.

[Kov-Ice]

Cable Select is the best bet, and I wonder if putting the OS drive in the Master position would make much of a difference. As far as which drive to use, it depends on the specs of each. The drive with the faster rpm I suppose would offer better seek times for the OS and your programs, which will probably need to be accessed more often. All things the same, I might use the bigger drive for bulk storage so there's less disk space for the OS drive to have to sift through when called upon.

[mr.Os]

Thank you both 4 replied. Right now I have os on smaller drive 40 gig. and use the biger drive 120 gig. to store all the music/pictures and other stuff.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by mr.Os Right now I have os on smaller drive 40 gig. and use the biger drive 120 gig. to store all the music/pictures and other stuff.

That set up is fine...but how much free space do you have on the 40GB HDD?

Cricket

[mr.Os]

Originally Posted by Cricket That set up is fine...but how much free space do you have on the 40GB HDD? Cricket

On the 40GB ...Free space 33.8GB . Total 37.2gb ( going to install Cs2/nero/and some other stuff ) on the slave free space is 94.5GB total 115gb

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by mr.Os On the 40GB ...Free space 33.8GB . Total 37.2gb ( going to install Cs2/nero/and some other stuff ) on the slave free space is 94.5GB total 115gb.

You're fine. Windows can get weird if the free space on the system drive ( c: ) falls below 15%.

Cricket

[mr.Os]

Thanks Cricket !