Hi all,
For all sorts of silly reason (?) I now have 5 active drive on my PC, 1X DVD RW + 2X HD 1TB (1 internal & 1 external usb) + 1X HD 2TB (Toshiba) + 1X SSD 120GB Pyro SE*. The two 1TB HD's are Seagate drive at 7,500. All this in a Antec 900 mini tower ATX with 3X 5,25 & 6X 3.5 internal drive space. My MB is a ASUS P5Q LGA 775 with a CPU Intel Quad Q6600 at 2.4GHZ. My power supply is a 600w Coolmaster.
My SSD is connected but as a secondary drive at this time. Disk management is using the letters C, D, E and G at this time (the 2TB Toshiba HD is not installed yet). My main drive is "C" with my Win7 OS on it. For the past few years I have assign the drive "E" My Document in the Registry, "D" is for my DVD.
Here is my question: I want to reinstall my Windows 7 OS and my 2TB Toshiba HD nd I wonder about my disk management set up, any recommendation before I reinstall all these drives?
My new SSD will be at the center of my new install and will put my Win7 OS on it (obviously for speed!) and will assign him the "C" drive letter. Because of the Registry entry, I would like to keep the "E" as My Documents location. Programs files (including x86) should be on the "C" SSD or on another available drive (1TB or 2TB My Documents)? My external 1TB HD should remain closed most of the time and only open for back ups!
Yes, it is a silly question for most of you but it puzzle me greatly! I know I can reassign My Documents to another drive but last time, even through I believe I've done it properly, it cause me many headaches for quite a while!
Any comment and suggestion are welcome!
Thank you in advance for any help and advice you can give me!
Ax
For all sorts of silly reason (?) I now have 5 active drive on my PC, 1X DVD RW + 2X HD 1TB (1 internal & 1 external usb) + 1X HD 2TB (Toshiba) + 1X SSD 120GB Pyro SE*. The two 1TB HD's are Seagate drive at 7,500. All this in a Antec 900 mini tower ATX with 3X 5,25 & 6X 3.5 internal drive space. My MB is a ASUS P5Q LGA 775 with a CPU Intel Quad Q6600 at 2.4GHZ. My power supply is a 600w Coolmaster.
My SSD is connected but as a secondary drive at this time. Disk management is using the letters C, D, E and G at this time (the 2TB Toshiba HD is not installed yet). My main drive is "C" with my Win7 OS on it. For the past few years I have assign the drive "E" My Document in the Registry, "D" is for my DVD.
Here is my question: I want to reinstall my Windows 7 OS and my 2TB Toshiba HD nd I wonder about my disk management set up, any recommendation before I reinstall all these drives?
My new SSD will be at the center of my new install and will put my Win7 OS on it (obviously for speed!) and will assign him the "C" drive letter. Because of the Registry entry, I would like to keep the "E" as My Documents location. Programs files (including x86) should be on the "C" SSD or on another available drive (1TB or 2TB My Documents)? My external 1TB HD should remain closed most of the time and only open for back ups!
Yes, it is a silly question for most of you but it puzzle me greatly! I know I can reassign My Documents to another drive but last time, even through I believe I've done it properly, it cause me many headaches for quite a while!
Any comment and suggestion are welcome!
Thank you in advance for any help and advice you can give me!
Ax