Seperate Harddrives

[Jdinh04]

I am thinking about purchasing a 2nd harddrive for my computer, possibly a 20gb one just mainly for windows and my 1st one for programs and music and what not. Does anybody here have their system similar?

I was thinking about doing this way so that I won't have to waste my time burning the data to dvds or cds and instead I can just install the harddrive back again with the information still on it.

 

[bob4432]

you may want to get a newer hdd than a 20GB because the old 20GB hdds are quite slow compared to a new hdd even if they are both 7.2Krpm.

personally i run a 36GB 10Krpm scsi hdd for a system/app hdd, along with a 80GB storage hdd.

 

[Jiggz]

I bet just about everybody in this Forum has their system setup as you have described. Except obviously, they uses the biggest hdd they can afford. Go with Bob's recommendation.

 

[Jdinh04]

Thanks, I will look into it.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Jdinh04
I am thinking about purchasing a 2nd harddrive for my computer, possibly a 20gb one just mainly for windows and my 1st one for programs and music and what not. Does anybody here have their system similar?

I was thinking about doing this way so that I won't have to waste my time burning the data to dvds or cds and instead I can just install the harddrive back again with the information still on it.

You can do the same thing just by partitioning a large drive (create a 10-20GB system partition, then leave the rest as space for media and programs). But to modify a current system (with the drive set up as one big partition) to be like this, you'd need software like PartitionMagic. Or you'd have to back up your data, then reformat and repartition the drive.

 

[eXx08]

What about a 10,000RPM Raptor?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144200 or...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160

 

[memories2002]

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