You shouldn't have to partition the OS drive/program drive. You could
partition the second drive, if you were feeling froggy, but it isnt
absolutely required. The only time you would notice a real performance
difference is when the second drive got close to full.
Jamie Calder wrote:
> Should the 2 drives be partitioned also?
> Drive 1 partition 1 = OS; Drive 1 partition 2 = Programs.
> Drive 2 Partition 1 = swap file; Drive 2 partition 2 = Programs Files?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Barry Oliver
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:28 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: OT: Dual Hard Drives...again
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>
> That works. The PC I am working on right now is set up that way, well if
> you count a 40 gig OS drive, a 9gig swap \ documents drive, a 320 for porn,
> an 80 for regular movies, and another 40 for drivers/install directories
> [home made resQ disk]....
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> Jamie Calder wrote:
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>>OK. So now I have 2 hard drives to play with. What's the best way to
>>utilize them. From the previous discussion I know having the swap
>>file and data files separate is a good idea. How about the other stuff
>>
>>Drive 1: OS, installed programs (Program Files folder)
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>>Drive 2: Data (Is this the entire Documents and Settings folder?),
>>swap file
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>>Does this sound right or is there a better way?
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>James
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