benherron.rrr
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Hey, was wondering if you could shine some light on this.
Before I start I don't have a clue about how the inner workings of a computer work.
I think I'm at a stage where I really need to think about getting separate drives to record onto, keep OS and plugs etc, and Vi sample libraries.
Here is the mystery. I know My dell xps 8100 has 2 card drive bays, so I was planning on getting another internal hardrive. When I opened up the hood I noticed that both bays, or what i presume are the hardrives based on the manual diagrams and the little knowledge i have, were in use. I have a single 1.5tb drive, or thats what my system has led me to believe. I noticed both drives are connected to each other. . . so whats going on here? If there are indeed two separate drives merged into 1 could I not separate them into two drives? I have read about partitioning drives to make them more efficient, But I don't really know how to do that and how difficult it is. I know I need to sort out my space so that I'm not putting so much stress on the drive. I don't really know what I can do, just need the cheapest solution possible. Ive just bought EW pianos and symphonic orchestra so money is tight, and with the size of these library, I'm going to need to get it right.
Help!!!!
Before I start I don't have a clue about how the inner workings of a computer work.
I think I'm at a stage where I really need to think about getting separate drives to record onto, keep OS and plugs etc, and Vi sample libraries.
Here is the mystery. I know My dell xps 8100 has 2 card drive bays, so I was planning on getting another internal hardrive. When I opened up the hood I noticed that both bays, or what i presume are the hardrives based on the manual diagrams and the little knowledge i have, were in use. I have a single 1.5tb drive, or thats what my system has led me to believe. I noticed both drives are connected to each other. . . so whats going on here? If there are indeed two separate drives merged into 1 could I not separate them into two drives? I have read about partitioning drives to make them more efficient, But I don't really know how to do that and how difficult it is. I know I need to sort out my space so that I'm not putting so much stress on the drive. I don't really know what I can do, just need the cheapest solution possible. Ive just bought EW pianos and symphonic orchestra so money is tight, and with the size of these library, I'm going to need to get it right.
Help!!!!