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"twobirds" <notareal@eaddy.com> wrote in message
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> "Your-Nice" <Your-Nice@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> > I know you guys say a separate hard drive is best for the editing
> software
> > ,but does putting it on a separate partition offer any benefits ?
> > thanks
>
> You have been given the wrong answer if this is a Windows PC. In fact,
> you've been given it repeatedly and by at least one person who normally
> gives accurate information.
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> Yes. If you only have one hard drive, it will be better to partition it
and
> capture to the non-system partition. However, the NLE software should be
> installed in your Windows Programs folder, but your capture preferences in
> that software should be set to the partition. The more you cap and edit
> files located to/on your system partition, the more fragmentation you will
> experience. Furthermore, the more data that resides on your system
> partition, the slower windows will boot and the more data it will have to
> sift through to find what it needs to open programs and start services.
>
> For the health of your Windows OS and the health of your Windows Programs,
> if you only have one drive, by all means partition it and set your working
> folder and capture folder preferences to the partition (but do install the
> software to the Windows Programs folder).
>
> Your NLE Temp, Capture, and Working directories should not be on your
system
> partition if it can be avoided.
The potential gain is offset by the performance loss, IMO. The BIGGEST
potential problem resides in the swap file - if the system decides to do a
swap during the r/w process, the heads have to move, then move back.
Given the cost of hard drives, there really is no excuse for not getting
one. You can find new 30GB HD's on Pricewatch for $36, and there are decent
deals regularly on ebay, if you can't find it locally cheap.
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