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If you have two hd’s, one WD1200JB and one IBM120GXP 80Gb, what would be the optimal setup regarding OS, storage, game installs, and other installs (office appl.)? Would it make a noticeable diff. in performance?
Right now, the OS is on the older drive (IBM). Would it then be worthwhile moving it/reinstalling (XP, and I use NTFS) onto the WD drive?
Also, will gaming performance improve if the OS and game install are on separate drives, or is that just an unsubstantiated rumor?
If the latter is true: Would it then be sufficient to keep the OS on the older drive and simply do game installs on the new drive? Which is of more importance: that the OS or the game install is on the faster drive?
I have read that some IBM drives have been likely to fail. Is the 120GXP one of those?
Thanks,
If you have two hd’s, one WD1200JB and one IBM120GXP 80Gb, what would be the optimal setup regarding OS, storage, game installs, and other installs (office appl.)? Would it make a noticeable diff. in performance?
Right now, the OS is on the older drive (IBM). Would it then be worthwhile moving it/reinstalling (XP, and I use NTFS) onto the WD drive?
Also, will gaming performance improve if the OS and game install are on separate drives, or is that just an unsubstantiated rumor?
If the latter is true: Would it then be sufficient to keep the OS on the older drive and simply do game installs on the new drive? Which is of more importance: that the OS or the game install is on the faster drive?
I have read that some IBM drives have been likely to fail. Is the 120GXP one of those?
Thanks,