I have CD-RW to back up files, if that helps.
If you need any other information to reply to this, please let me know. I had no problem with fitting things in my system, but have little idea what to do after that.
Thanks in advance.
The problem is that newer drives are faster, the technology has improved quite a lot in only a couple of yearsOriginally posted by KidD01:
<STRONG>Just a thought here :
If you put your larger HDD for your system drive, it'll be tough when your PC got virus.
IMHO it's much safer to put your system on the smaller HDD and the rest of the data on your larger HDD.</STRONG>
When you get virusOriginally posted by KidD01:
<STRONG>Just a thought here :
If you put your larger HDD for your system drive, it'll be tough when your PC got virus.
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Originally posted by KidD01:
Just a thought here :
If you put your larger HDD for your system drive, it'll be tough when your PC got virus.
IMHO it's much safer to put your system on the smaller HDD and the rest of the data on your larger HDD.
I have to agree with both of u, IF u get into the unlucky situation of getting a virus, u r rather f***ed, but then again, if u want to use the better performance of a new and larger hd, you can always split it up. I bought a 40 gb hd because the 10 gb I had weren't enuff. Then I splitted the 40 gb up in a 4 gb and a 36 gb. The 4gb was my system drive where I only have winxp (+ the huge swap file of 2 gb) and a few essential programs. The 10 gb is for my main progs and the 36 gb is for games, films and other stuff. That way u get most of the performance and a lot protection against virusOriginally posted by Sleepo:
The problem is that newer drives are faster, the technology has improved quite a lot in only a couple of years
It's the safest thing but yet will consume lots of your time. Since you've gotta back up some files then reformat your HDD and then reinstall and reconfigure everything. I've experienced this kind of thing and end up spending almost 2 daysOriginally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>Seriously, I am beginning to think it is far easier to reinstall everything, after backing up a few essentials, like saved games. Is it a good thing to do? </STRONG>
From my experience, I never like to "split" my HDD since I've got bad experience regarding partitioning the HDD. Some of my friends also got the unpleasant experience ( which when your HDD data got F*cked up i.e. crosslinked etc.) after a huge "house cleaning" on the HDD. It's a real trouble some. If you intend to split it anyway, don't split your system HDD.Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>I noticed, ever since I added the new drive (I can't find the brand at the moment), it loads slower and often freeze. I have Partition Magic 5.0 to make a several partitions in the both drives, though I didn't have much problem before. Is this something I should concern about? I hoped this would change if I change the primary/secondary drives, or re-format the both drives...</STRONG>