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So I've always heard it's better to have the swap file on a hard drive other than the one your OS is on, and since I've usually had two drives on my systems that's what I've done... Right now my OS is on a Seagate 7200.7 160GB SATA drive, swap file and a buncha TV content (TiVo transfers) are on a WD 250GB PATA drive, and I use a 7200.9 series 250GB SATA drive in an enclosure for backups. I'm stretched kinda thin but I have to do some cleanup..
For my new system I'm getting a WD 640GB drive to go along with two older Seagate SATA drives (160+250), and I'm giving the PATA drive away... I want to keep using one drive for my OS and programs, one for the swap file and some media, and one for my backups. Obviously the 640GB drive is by far the fastest, I'm just not sure where it'd be best suited.
The 160GB drive would be too small for doing image backups, but it'd probably be too small to house all my personal files as well... So should I just use the 250GB as the backup drive and the 640GB as my main (OS/games)? Using the 160GB only for swap file and some TV content... Or would leaving the 160GB drive as the OS/games drive and using the 640GB as my swap file/media drive be more effective? (I'd be moving my documents and music to it along w/my TV/video editing stuff)
Seems like such a simple choice, I dunno why I'm complicating it so...
I should just spring for a second WD6400AAKS.
For my new system I'm getting a WD 640GB drive to go along with two older Seagate SATA drives (160+250), and I'm giving the PATA drive away... I want to keep using one drive for my OS and programs, one for the swap file and some media, and one for my backups. Obviously the 640GB drive is by far the fastest, I'm just not sure where it'd be best suited.
The 160GB drive would be too small for doing image backups, but it'd probably be too small to house all my personal files as well... So should I just use the 250GB as the backup drive and the 640GB as my main (OS/games)? Using the 160GB only for swap file and some TV content... Or would leaving the 160GB drive as the OS/games drive and using the 640GB as my swap file/media drive be more effective? (I'd be moving my documents and music to it along w/my TV/video editing stuff)
Seems like such a simple choice, I dunno why I'm complicating it so...
I should just spring for a second WD6400AAKS.