have been playing around with a new build for the last couple of weeks and as a lark I installed the OS on an Iram 3gb card to see how things went. The install is lighting quick, and I have been trying to install the program software onto my second drive, a 150gb WD Raptor. The problem is, some software, like Fuji's hyper Utility for example, will not allow for changing the location fo the install. There are no options to do so. I am wondering if there is a way to relocate the program files folder and it's current contents to the Raptor?
And on this train of thought, is there any thing else I can do to make the OS stay streamlined to keep it on the 3gb drive. As it is right now, this machine is the fastest computer I have ever used (by a large margin), and I would like to keep it that way. So any tips you might have on the OS would be welcome.
This machine is slated to run primarily Photoshop, Vegas Video, Nikon Capture, Fuji Hyper Utility RAW converter, VDub, and other applications such as this. No gaming for now, though it might well get a Flight Simulator on it at a later time. It is a work system for my photography business.
If the specs make a differance on this:
Asus P5W 64 Pro MB
E6600 gently overclocked to 2700ghz
2gb pc6400
Saphire 1950xt 256mb video
3gb IRAM card
1 WD RAptor drive (150gb)
Areca Raid card w/ 2 250gb Seagate drives (not yet setup).
I will most likely do one more complete clean wipe of the setup and install the Areca RAID setup and possible add two more drives, 2 in raid1 for backup, and two in raid0 for speed when transferring and working video and for the swap disks.
Right now I have the windows virtual memory located on the front of the Raptor, as well as the Photoshop scratch disk. I was thinking that I would move the scratch disk to the RAID0 when I did the final setup.
Thanks for your time.
Hortus
And on this train of thought, is there any thing else I can do to make the OS stay streamlined to keep it on the 3gb drive. As it is right now, this machine is the fastest computer I have ever used (by a large margin), and I would like to keep it that way. So any tips you might have on the OS would be welcome.
This machine is slated to run primarily Photoshop, Vegas Video, Nikon Capture, Fuji Hyper Utility RAW converter, VDub, and other applications such as this. No gaming for now, though it might well get a Flight Simulator on it at a later time. It is a work system for my photography business.
If the specs make a differance on this:
Asus P5W 64 Pro MB
E6600 gently overclocked to 2700ghz
2gb pc6400
Saphire 1950xt 256mb video
3gb IRAM card
1 WD RAptor drive (150gb)
Areca Raid card w/ 2 250gb Seagate drives (not yet setup).
I will most likely do one more complete clean wipe of the setup and install the Areca RAID setup and possible add two more drives, 2 in raid1 for backup, and two in raid0 for speed when transferring and working video and for the swap disks.
Right now I have the windows virtual memory located on the front of the Raptor, as well as the Photoshop scratch disk. I was thinking that I would move the scratch disk to the RAID0 when I did the final setup.
Thanks for your time.
Hortus