Splitting os and data drives

ari_23

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I have the os and all applications on one physical drive without anything else on that drive. All my data is on a different physical drive, which is also partitioned. For example, I keep my iTunes library on a different partition, and I don't back that up every day. This setup is really convenient for various reasons. I can physically switch out a data drive in just minutes. (This is non-RAID.) But performance is not that great. With large drives being so cheap now, should I just put everything on a single drive and include the applications in my backup schedule?
 

pat mcgroin

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What sort of computer do you have.
Performance shouldnt be an issue.
If the second drive is IDE make sure that it is on the second controller and not as a slave on the first controller.
With 2 drives the performance should be better as both drives can be working at the same time.