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kslghost   03-24-2009 at 07:00:14 AM

So I'm building a new 64-bit Windows Vista system with one WD Black Caviar 640GB hard drive. I'm figuring to set aside some 30-40 GB for a system partition and splitting the rest for various needs. My question is where should I be intending to set aside my system cache for maximum efficiency in a one hard drive setting? Should it be in the system partition or one that is used less? Or does it not really matter?

Anything else I should take note of?

Thanks, kslghost

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royalcrown   03-24-2009 at 07:28:06 AM
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The system (first) partition will be the fastest part of the drive, put it there.

------------------------------ E8500,GA-EP45-UD3R, 8 GIG MUSHKIN, XFX 4890 , ASUS 22", WD 640 X 2, CM 532, CM 650TX
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kslghost   03-24-2009 at 08:31:44 AM
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I haven't used Vista, do you have a recommended approximate size for my C partition? So it's ok to have them on the same partition? If i were to add a second drive, should I move the page file to that drive on the first partition?

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royalcrown   03-25-2009 at 01:42:15 AM
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moving it to the second drive will work, but it's not a huge performance boost no matter what you do. AFAIK, it's best to leave it on auto and let windows handle it. I use vista ultimate 64 bit and the biggest improvements as far as speed go:

1. Go from 2 to 4 gig of ram
2. Turn off superfetch
3. Turn off drive indexing

------------------------------ E8500,GA-EP45-UD3R, 8 GIG MUSHKIN, XFX 4890 , ASUS 22", WD 640 X 2, CM 532, CM 650TX
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