i have two options first
to buy two hard disk 80 GB and 160 GB first one is for operating system and second for save data.
second options is to by 250 GB hard disk and make two partions for operating system and data saving. which option is ideal for better performance.
2007-03-03 12:54:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The two phyical drives would give you better performance if they're on different IDE channels and marginally better if on the same vs. a single drive. You may also be able to perform some back-up scheme with multiple drives.
Note that if you have the single drive and partition it into two "logical" drives, if the disk fails, both "logical" drives are gone.
2007-03-03 12:58:27 · answer #1 · answered by BigRez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I prefer not to have ALL my eggs in one basket. I would partition the 160 into 2 80s and use one as a backup device.
2007-03-03 20:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have two drives and one goes bad you still have the other drive (hopefully the data drive). If you have one drive partitioned and it goes bad you have nothing! Perfomance wise the smaller drive would be better for the OS--faster to seek data because it's smaller.
2007-03-03 20:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends.... there are new types of drives out there that are faster than ever before. Check the discussions on the new drives before making your decision.
The fastest method is to stripe the drives . So it also depends how fancy and how many drives you want to purchase.
2007-03-03 21:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't make much sense to save data on the same hard drive. One bad transistor and you lose everything.
2007-03-03 21:15:16 · answer #5 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for 2 drives. That way if one crashes you still have the other. Bigger ussually means slower as the drive fills up too.
2007-03-03 21:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by topcat_TEC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with two hard drives , this is what I am doing.it is like the other follow said do not put all your eggs in one basket.
2007-03-03 21:03:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋