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a question… and i need advice… i have 2 HDD, 80gb and 250 gb…

the 80 gb.. partitioned into two… 20 and 60… (20 for win xp and 40 for vista)

Everytime i install games… i put it in the 250 GB hdd (no partitions)….not on the 20 gb partition (Windows xp is installed here)…

Is that advisable ? or stick with the norms…..install the games in the partition where OS is also installed...


(ive read that it performs better instead of installing the games in different PHYSICAL DRIVE)… thanks a lot !!!!

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The important detail is to install the games in a different physical drive from the swap file.
Windows will defaultly install the swap file in the same partition as the OS, but it can be moved.

Putting the swap file and game files in different drives will reduce thrashing and distribute data bandwidth load between them.

That said, you will experience minimal problems installing it all to the same drive/partition, but for optimal performance and reliability split them up.

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I always install the games in different hard disk partition so it doesn't mess up with my windows installation and other softwares.


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