How would you set these disks up in XP?

McGraw · 27-04-2005, 20:54

80Gb Sata 8mb UDMA 150 7200rpm
60Gb 2mb UDMA 133 7200 rpm
20Gb ?mb UDMA 100 5400 rpm

On a board with 1Gb 3200 DDR 400Mhz Ram in dual channel mode?

Specifically with regards to the swap file?

Split it into 2 or 3 for instance?

Cheers.

27-04-2005, 21:10

o/s on the sata the other 2 as back up disks

I personally would put swap file on fastest other hdd
I would make it static 1.5 x ram min and max
It wont fragment if its static
No swap file on main hdd

bmxbandit · 27-04-2005, 21:12

i'd have the system on the 60 gig, swap file to be on the 80 gig and use the 20 as a scratch file if you need it...

thats assuming you want them for high end work, video faffing etc. for wndows and/or games it wont make a huge difference, just make sure the system and swap are on separate channels (one sata, one pata acheives this).

McGraw · 27-04-2005, 21:15

Assuming both your scenarios, where would my apps and games live?

bmxbandit · 27-04-2005, 21:15

dont split the swap file! although it could possibly be made to work faster i don't think windows is clever enough to do this!
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Assuming both your scenarios, where would my apps and games live?

on the system drive

27-04-2005, 21:16

i would run games and apps and os on sata, i would keep a ghost image and swap file on the 60 and i would keep very important docs on 60 ,20 and cd

Again we are going to have a discussion on hdd performance,I would say the sata is the best drive so o/s should go there

bmxbandit · 27-04-2005, 21:19

i pretty much agree wth that, good advice, but i think a ghost image might be a bit excessive (if its even possible, depending on how much space your apps & games take up)

McGraw · 27-04-2005, 21:27

Nice one.

27-04-2005, 21:32

Ghost compresses the image there won't be a problem there my system totally loaded is only 12 gig

I always keep a clean install only about 2.5 gig then keep an upto date one monthly or something

purenuman · 27-04-2005, 22:09

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

i would run games and apps and os on sata, i would keep a ghost image and swap file on the 60 and i would keep very important docs on 60 ,20 and cd

Again we are going to have a discussion on hdd performance,I would say the sata is the best drive so o/s should go there

Totaly agree

............. But it's not because of the 8mb HD cache

27-04-2005, 22:12

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Originally Posted by purenuman

Totaly agree

............. But it's not because of the 8mb HD cache

purenuman · 27-04-2005, 22:17

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I always keep a clean install only about 2.5 gig then keep an upto date one monthly or something

Snap!

It's so easy to put things right when it goes ***s up.