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How should I partition, where should I install my OS?
I have three hard drives and one is a 1TB used for storage. The other two are:
an older 250gb caviar:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?r=8&Model=WD2500YD
and a relatively newer 500GB caviar black:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=552
I am going to reformat these drives, below are the speed tests.
QUESTIONS:
1) How should I hook these three drives into my MB across the 4 ports bank 0 and 1? Does the order even matter?
2) Where I should put my OS. I see two possible configurations:
A: Partition the 500 into a 100gb section for the OS and a 400gb for storage. POSSIBLE PROBLEM: the read head will have to move from the OS portion to the storage portion thus slowing down access.
B: Use the 250gb drive as the dedicated OS drive. POSSIBLE PROBLEM: Based on HD Tune it seems to be the slower drive.
THANKS!
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an older 250gb caviar:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/legacy/Legacy.asp?r=8&Model=WD2500YD
and a relatively newer 500GB caviar black:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=552
I am going to reformat these drives, below are the speed tests.
QUESTIONS:
1) How should I hook these three drives into my MB across the 4 ports bank 0 and 1? Does the order even matter?
2) Where I should put my OS. I see two possible configurations:
A: Partition the 500 into a 100gb section for the OS and a 400gb for storage. POSSIBLE PROBLEM: the read head will have to move from the OS portion to the storage portion thus slowing down access.
B: Use the 250gb drive as the dedicated OS drive. POSSIBLE PROBLEM: Based on HD Tune it seems to be the slower drive.
THANKS!
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04-September-2010-10-44.png
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sorry about the first question ..... is dose not matter the os drive will always get the boot.
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