Seperate HDD for OS & Data ?

[craige4u]

Guyz,

My last HD got lots of bad sectors 2 years back due to electricity went off twice when my computer was on.... Again, the same repeated a few days back, electricity went suddenly and this time my HD died instantly [it wont boot]

So, this electricity problem happens once/twice a year, but i always endup with bad HD due to this.....

So, this time i am buying New 1TB Seagate HD, but was wondering if i use say 160GB HD just for OS and 1TB for data.....
Will the above configuration be any help in saving my HD during electricity failures OR i can avert bad sectors this way??

Sum inputs plz...

 

[MrsOldMX]

I have 3 computers with the same configuration, 1 disk for the OS and then some extra disk(s) for data/backup/music/movies/etc. Been this way for several years now.

 

[craige4u]

Example: If i install a game on my data only HDD, but the game also installs some files on the drive tht has OS..... hence i will end up splitting the game between two different HDD... Will it create a problem like slow loadings or similar...... ?

 

[dminja]

I think it is best to keep the os separate from data, if not separate hard drives definitely separate partitions.

I would install all the games to C unless the 1TB drive your considering is 7200RPM.

If your having consistent electrical failures I'd consider a battery backup that will shutdown your pc in the case of power loss avoiding HD crashes.

 

[Forceman]

I've never heard of power failures causing bad sectors on a hard drive. Do you have write caching turned on or something?

 

[Old Hippie]

So, this electricity problem happens once/twice a year, but i always endup with bad HD due to this.....

You probably should have invested in a UPS a long time ago.

 

[westrock2000]

You can also assign a drive to be a "folder" instead of visible drive letter. This way you can have some physical seperation of data, but you can keep you drive letters nice and tidy. You can also, in Windows Vista/7, use symbolic links so that you still have visible drive letters, but you can surf around C:\ drive like its one big drive, but actually redirects you to other drives. I use the link method.

 

[craige4u]

Okay after reading the above posts, i think i am getting it right that: Running muliple HDD's cannot help me in the event of power loss, i will still end up with bad sectored HD or completely dead HD. ( I will check out sum compact UPS then )

NEW QUESTION:
I was wondering, tht if i use diff. HD for OS can i extend the llife of my storage only drive, as it wont be booting up ?

The below question is still remaining unaswered,
If i install a game on my data only HDD, but the game also installs some files on the drive tht has OS..... hence i will end up splitting the game between two different HDD... Will it create a problem like slow loadings or similar...... ?

 

[Dangman]

NEW QUESTION:
I was wondering, tht if i use diff. HD for OS can i extend the llife of my storage only drive, as it wont be booting up ?

Slightly.

The below question is still remaining unaswered,
If i install a game on my data only HDD, but the game also installs some files on the drive tht has OS..... hence i will end up splitting the game between two different HDD... Will it create a problem like slow loadings or similar...... ?

No, not really. With that said, you might want to get a newer OS drive since I'm more than willing to bet that the 1TB Seagate drive you chose is at least 2.5x faster than the 160GB drive. A good OS drive replacement:
$55 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive


But yeah you really should think about getting a UPS.

 

[HelioX]

Load your games and OS on one drive. Store system images/data on another drive.

 

[dminja]

$55 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

With the code WDHD910 that drive is $40 with free shipping until 9/12.

Thanks for the suggestion Danny. I was looking for a cheap OS drive to ironically replace a 160GB IDE drive.