Basic disk partitioning question/Sonar 2.2XL

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Hello all:

I have my Audio files from Sonar XL 2.2 on a separate, 40G, 7200 RPM hard drive. I also have other WAV files, such as loops and WAV files from other programs,etc on that same drive.Is there any benefit to partitioning this drive into 2- 20G drives, and placing the Cakewalk files on their own partition? I'm using approximately 11.0 Gigs total on the drive, with about 5 used by Sonar.

Just curious......

Tony
 
tonester said:
Is there any benefit to partitioning this drive into 2- 20G drives, and placing the Cakewalk files on their own partition?
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Yep.

1. Housekeeping is much easier. I backup my audio using Norton Ghost and you can image just a partition. The speed is phenominal and it keeps me safe.

2. Speed. You may have read on HRBBS that defragmentation is the enemy - especially with the large files that we create. Partitioning a portion of the drive for these files makes fragmentation happen less quickly, plus running defrag is faster because you aren't defragging the whole physical drive.

:D :cool: :)

-BM
 
I never heard that defragging is the enemy. I have norton systemworks scheduled to defrag both my drives daily, as long as the fragmentation exceeds 20%. should i stop doing this on the audio drive?

thanks,

tony
 
My computer works faster with defragged disks, I'm shure of that!
 
tonester said:
I never heard that defragging is the enemy.
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Defragging is NOT the enemy, it is the solution. Fragmentation (what I meant to say - it's terrible to get old), can absolutely create issues.

Sorry for confusion.

:(

-BM
 
I know Slackmaster doesen't like to defrag for some reason... :confused:
 
moskus said:
I know Slackmaster doesen't like to defrag for some reason... :confused:
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Running a defragmentation program is certainly not fool proof. If there is a system crash during the process, files can end up unreadable. So, as with most system maintenance tools, NEVER use a defrag tool without performing a data backup first.

:cool:

-BM
 
Well, the Windows XP defragger is stable and does a good job (but there's no guarante that the electricity doesen't stop ;))
 
@tonester:

Defragmentation is a good idea, but running a scheduller all the time is probably not. The less programs/services are running, the better your PC performs as a DAW.
 
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