HDDs usage

[sentmemail]

hi,
any advice on how i should use a 40GB, 30GB and 15GB HDDs on a win2k system?
thanks

 

[NokiaDude]

40gb is nice.

 

[oniq]

What do you mean HOW? What do you like to do on the computer? Play games? Install games on them. Listen to music? Store mp3/ogg files. I don't understand the question...

 

[sentmemail]

use these 3 HDDs efficiently?

 

[onza]

your still not clear...

basically install the OS on the fastest drive, and use the other drives as secondary and store files on them.

simple

 

[Haden]

And you can place OS and swap to different HDD, if they are not on single IDE cable you'll get a bit better performance.

 

[Lonyo]

If you have 2 IDE channels, and one CD drive as well:

IDE1: Master: 15GB drive (with OS on)
Slave: 30GB with games/software

IDE2: Master: 40GB with swap file, mostly backup stuff or MP3's and stuff.
Slave: CD/DVD drive

This is assuming all the drives are the same speed (although the 15GB will probably be slower)

If it is, make the fastest drive the OS drive, and the swap file on seperate channel.
You could partition the fastest with about 10gigs for Win 2k and essential apps, so it gets less clogged up.

 

[sentmemail]

do you mean 10GB for OS and program files in a single partition?

Originally posted by: Lonyo
If you have 2 IDE channels, and one CD drive as well:

IDE1: Master: 15GB drive (with OS on)
Slave: 30GB with games/software

IDE2: Master: 40GB with swap file, mostly backup stuff or MP3's and stuff.
Slave: CD/DVD drive

This is assuming all the drives are the same speed (although the 15GB will probably be slower)

If it is, make the fastest drive the OS drive, and the swap file on seperate channel.
You could partition the fastest with about 10gigs for Win 2k and essential apps, so it gets less clogged up.

 

[spyordie007]

I say get an ide controler card and put them on a software raid/stripe.
OS HD (fastest) would be on ide channel 0 on the mobo
cd would be on ide channel 1 on the mobo
2 other HDs would be on the IDE controller.

-Spy