OK, I'm about to do a fresh install of XP.
I have two drives that I could use to host the OS (XP Pro), so I have a few options.
Drive 1: 120 Gb 7200rpm 2mb cache (seagate)
Drive 2: 80 Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache (seimens)
Both drives are ATA133.
My current OS drive is an old 5400rpm unit, which has got to go (Packard Bell orginal drive)
Which would be better to use for the OS, I intend to partition off a logical drive for pagefile use as well?
My current set-up is CD-R/DVD-R (two separate drives) on one IDE channel, two hard drives on the other, it's what suits me best, I do a lot of video work and CD/DVD burning.
I'm assuming the 8mb cache drive would be best for the OS, but should I have the pagefile drive on the same drive as the OS, or on the other physical drive?
The drive not used for the OS will mainly be used for storing large files (500Mb to 10Gb)
so,
1. Which drive for the OS?
2. Which drive should have the pagefile?
Main objective is performance (speed)
Other info - 2.8GHz P4 800MHz bus 1gig 3200 ram
Cheers!
Michael
I have two drives that I could use to host the OS (XP Pro), so I have a few options.
Drive 1: 120 Gb 7200rpm 2mb cache (seagate)
Drive 2: 80 Gb 7200rpm 8mb cache (seimens)
Both drives are ATA133.
My current OS drive is an old 5400rpm unit, which has got to go (Packard Bell orginal drive)
Which would be better to use for the OS, I intend to partition off a logical drive for pagefile use as well?
My current set-up is CD-R/DVD-R (two separate drives) on one IDE channel, two hard drives on the other, it's what suits me best, I do a lot of video work and CD/DVD burning.
I'm assuming the 8mb cache drive would be best for the OS, but should I have the pagefile drive on the same drive as the OS, or on the other physical drive?
The drive not used for the OS will mainly be used for storing large files (500Mb to 10Gb)
so,
1. Which drive for the OS?
2. Which drive should have the pagefile?
Main objective is performance (speed)
Other info - 2.8GHz P4 800MHz bus 1gig 3200 ram
Cheers!
Michael