PC runs faster if a Hard disk with lots of free space is dedicated only to the system?!?

Question

I've been told that installing my XP in one disk and have another for programs,files,etc will make the PC work faster.Is that true?

Answer 1

Hardly, it may make your boot process a little faster but thats about it. Make sure you defrag your HDD regulary. Setting the pagefile to its own hard drive is not a bad idea, since the pagefile is used constantly in Windows and would benefit if it was itself..

Answer 2

I usually run multiple programs with only 512mb RAM, however, I observe the following:

- Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

I don’t do games, but I do know they are primarily graphics which need and use a lot of memory.

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
-cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
-cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
-then cl Remove.
-This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

-When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1.Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2.Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3.From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3.click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4.click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
-Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.

Answer 3

That will NOT have much if any affect on the speed of your computer. You'd be better spending your money to add some memory to your computer. Especially if you have less than 512MB RAM.

There are some applications that are very hard drive intensive. If you use an application that is (Some photo editing software, etc.) than you can set the swap (temporary files) to be stored on a separate hard drive and this would help with performance.

Answer 4

No.
To improve performance :
1. You can put the XP's pages/swap files on different disk.
2. Make sure after installing/uninstalling programmes you make the defrag.

Answer 5

This is not entirely true. But you have to make sure that there is always atleast around 2GB of space free in your C: drive. This will make paging lot faster.

Answer 6

It doesn't really make the machine faster, but having your data stored on another drive is a good idea if you need to reinstall your OS.