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| Thread ID: 56657 | 2005-04-11 19:13:00 | Strategical help in installing new Seagate drive | yogiamar (7863) | Press F1 |
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| 343837 | 2005-04-11 19:13:00 | Hi All, I am a new member of the forum and this is my first post though I have been frequenting it often in the recent past . I have a 70 gH Intel P-4 Processor(mobo - D850MV) with a 40 GB Samsung SV4002H HDD of 5400 rpm.I have recently purchased a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Ultra ATA HDD of 80 GB with 7200 rpm speed which i intend to install as my primary drive and since the Samsung drive was giving some problems want to simultaneously reformat this and use it as a secondary drive mainly for backup purposes.I have an WIN ME system with 128 MB RDRAM and a fixed swap file of 300 MB and want to reinstall the same OS afresh. Before I do the installation and partitioning of the new drive I wanted to have the opinion of the members on the following points; 1. Whether i shall have the benefit of the higher speed of the new drive or whether the sys shall operate at the lower of the two speeds. 2. (a)my plan is to partition the new drive as follows : C:16 GB - for Windows and other essential programs D:8 GB - for mainly 3rd party standalone programs E:16 GB - for all initial unloads from the net F:16 GB - for all data storage G: 24 GB - for all digital image storage(video & photos) (b)secondary drive will be used as follows; H: 1 GB - swap file I: 16 GB-data backup J: 23 GB -reserve space 3. How does the above scheme look.Will I get the benefit of the swap file on the 2nd drive or should do i have an independent controller for this drive in order to have any benefit.Any other comments.I am basically a simple netaholic - no games.l 4.What about temp and log files.I read somewhere that for better defragmentation and consequent performance it is preferable to have these on a separate partition . What is the suggestion of members. 5. I have made copies of all my existing drivers thru DRIVE GUIDE TOOLIT- one of the programs recommended on the forum for back up of drivers.Anything else ,besides personal data, i should backup. Would request members to point me to some good links reg options available for backup. 6. From a strategic angle do i have to look out for any other issues before installing the new drive. Thanks in advance. |
yogiamar (7863) | ||
| 343838 | 2005-04-11 21:16:00 | Morning Go to www.seagate.com and download DiscWizard for Windows 10Mb I installed a Seagate drive a while ago and I'm not to bright in that dept either. Software is easy to use. Step by step instructions as well. Good Luck :thumbs: Phar |
phar (7365) | ||
| 343839 | 2005-04-11 21:21:00 | I dont think you'll really notice the diff in hdd speed . I use 2 hdd's in these and really havent noticed any speed difference (well with the hdd's configured as slave) . As most of the time theyre not doing anything anyway . Unless I save to them, or copy files to them . Altho, if you're talking about booting times on the main hdd, there maybe a diff between your system and mine / or anyone elses system . We may have more ram, which would help with booting a system up . BUT we may also use a different operating system . You could backup email addresses in the address book, if u have any, favourites from the browser/s u use . I wouldnt worry about where temp and log files go . Get something like this http://www . ccleaner . com and it'll clean them off your hdd . If u have probs defragging, defrag in safe mode . The way you want the hdd's setup looks fine to me tho . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 343840 | 2005-04-11 22:13:00 | Hi and welcome to Press F1 Seems like a good setup.... Just a few things... with the Ultra ATA drive... are you using an 80wire IDE cable? (still has 40 pins). If not, get one. You will know the difference by looking at it :) Might I also recommend a slight upgrade of another stick of PC 800 RDRAM. Lastly; I have heard that having the swap file on the non sysroot drive does give a slight performance boost, this may still apply on the slower drive, but I'm not 100% sure. Other than that, looks all good :cool: |
Myth (110) | ||
| 343841 | 2005-04-11 22:41:00 | Unless you have the 2nd drive on a different IDE channel, there won't be any advantage having the swap on it . If you are mainly net surfing it will be perfectly OK where Windows puts it . You can also achieve a lot of organisation using folders without the hassle of altering partions if you run out of space . You can always defrag while you sleep . What was the problem with the Samsung drive? If it is failing it won't be any good for backup . |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 343842 | 2005-04-12 19:31:00 | Thanks Mythix,PaulD and all others . I am a novice in hardware trouble shooting - not having had the opportunity to do anything in this sphere till date . 1 . Regarding RDRAM-I think a pair of identical sticks is what is required and I have located a pair of 128 MB PC600 sticks . will they serve the purpose instead of PC800 . if so then I may go ahead with this purchase . 2 . Reg 2nd drive being on a different IDE channel-this tallies with some of the recent research done by me but the point is : would it require any new hardware or can it be done with tweaking of my existing system alone . If the latter then could I be given some inf on how to do this or some suitable links could be pointed out . 3 . Reg use of Folders-if I have understood correctly then the suggestion basically is to use different folders in lieu of having different partitions . But in all the sites I have visited - the advice is to suitablely partition the drive not only for the sake of quicker defragmentation-which ofcourse is one of the advantages-but also for a) quicker system response b)better security c) better space utilisation etc . 4 . my Samsung drive is working fine but i feel the need to have more space and hence the new drive . Looking for farther sggestions & advice . |
yogiamar (7863) | ||
| 343843 | 2005-04-12 20:05:00 | Plenty of opinion here forums.storagereview.net Poster Gilbo gives reasons against partitioning. Response - Hard drive heads have to move further from partiton to partition, security - on same drive partitioning just adds complexity not security. Do what you feel comfortable with. |
PaulD (232) | ||
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