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2 harddrice debate

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bigpapamd1

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i am building a new p4 775 system@3.0ghz. i have 2 WD hard drives. 1 is a 250gb ata/100
ide drive, and the other is a 200gb ata/100 sata drive.i want to use 1 for installing xp pro and other programs on it while using the other for dvd/cd/mp3 ripping as well as digital photos. which route should i go???😕
 
it won't make a difference, I would install windows on the IDE drive for simplicity, but performance will be the dame
 
IMHO, both drives are overkill for an OS/app drive.

Here are 2 suggestions:

Scenario 1 (for fast external backup of data drive)
1. pick up a smaller capacity 7200rpm/8meg cache drive to put the os and apps on.
2. put your data on the 250g pata drive
3. put the 200g sata in an external sata enclosure and use for backups of the data drive.


Scenario 2 (for slower external backup of os AND data drive)
1. pick up a smaller capacity 7200rpm/8meg cache drive to put the os and apps on.
2. put your data on the 200g sata drive
3. put the 250g sata in an external usb or firewire enclosure and use for backups.
note: if you stick w/ a small drive (40g or so) for the os drive, you'd be able to image both the os and data drives to the external drive (even w/o compression).
 
Well... it's going to cause you less grief using the IDE as the OS drive I think (with drive letter assignments and such)... but I think I'd rather have the larger drive dedicated to storage.

So, in conclusion... whatever 😛
 
Originally posted by: rleemhui
it won't make a difference, I would install windows on the IDE drive for simplicity, but performance will be the dame
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LoL!!! The dame indeed! Nice to match that up with boiling rice.

IMO, any config will do just fine. Overall, the SATA drive will be marginally faster due to its faster interface and thats the drive I would choose for the OS.
 
2 harddrive is not good. use twice as much power, make twice as much noise, and gives off twice as much heat.
1 hd, 1 dvd burner is all you ever need!
 
Originally posted by: wchou
2 harddrive is not good. use twice as much power, make twice as much noise, and gives off twice as much heat.
1 hd, 1 dvd burner is all you ever need!
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That's just moronic.

Just because you don't have 2 harddrives doesn't mean there's no reason to have 2.

I have 6.
 
No matters but whatever you decide then I would put the OS swap file on the storage drive...
 
The OS and apps don't usually take that much room unless you have big games that are being installed.

200 gig sata:

1. 20 gigs partition { easier to clone with Ghost or Acronis }
2. 20 gigs partition { Windows XP Pro x64 180 day Trial }
3. 20 gigs partition { Longhorn beta comes out this summer }
4. 60 gigs partition { Documents }
4. 80 gigs partition { MP3's }



250 gig pata:

1. Ghost or Acronis backup images, DVD's, more mp3's, etc.


Smaller partition's are easier to work with in the long run and it's easier to format and restore them if need arises.
 
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