Reformat - Disk MGMT

[only1brian]

Currently been having multiple issues with my system, and thought.. maybe its just time to start out fresh again. Since ive accumulated alot of junk, and just would be a hassle cleaning it all up and defrags, dskchks, etc.
But... I got alot of harddisks.
2 x 75GB USB (IDE) external
2 x 320GB USB (IDE) external
1 x 132GB IDE
1 x 160GB SATA
1 x 40GB IDE
1 x DVDRW (IDE)

Wanted to get [H] community's input on what would be my best option.

Currently i mostly game on this machine, but do some photochopping and a little movie editing. So i would like to keep my HDDs internal for performance. And eventually (after my next build) this PC will become a HTPC.

Im thinking I might want to:
1) Get rid of the 40GB
2) use RAID on the 75GBs
3) Move my music to the SATA
4) The 250GB would be acting as the SATA
5) Keep the 320GBs as USB external.

The problem with this is: For some reason, when I have the 320GBs plugged in upon reboots, my system doesnt go past POST.. it just sits there (no error).
I've even reformmated both drives.. and same result... which is why theyre currently unplugged... and is one of my frustrations currently.

 

[shade_star]

When you have a usb plugged in sometimes depending on your mobo it tries to boot from the usb drive. Check bios when this happes and see.
As for your HD situation
If you want performance pick up another 75gb drive and set that up in raid 0 and run your games and photoshop off of that.