Hard drives....what's current trend?

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I've uncovered my dusty DAW and swept away the cobwebs. This is a T-bird 1000mhz with a 14gb 5400 drive, and an 80gb 7200.

The last time this thing was up I got a message during scan disk: "unable to repair boot log." on the smaller drive.

I'm preparing to load 98SE in place of 98. Should I even continue to use the smaller drive for the OS, or should I just dump it and run everything (Windows, Ntrack, Nero, etc.) on the larger faster drive with my music files?
 
I'd keep using the 15GB for the OS, use the 80GB for audio data. Nice to keep them seperate in case the OS drive gets corrupted or cooks. Your audio drive could as well, but it's some security, as usual backup to some other media to be safe.

Best to format the 15GB and install 98SE from scratch.
 
humm the smaller driver is a bit slow running at 5400 id rather just use the large drive.
 
Personally I would use a 7200rpm drive for the OS+apps. It makes the computer (much) more responsive. Depending on your recording needs, the 15GB 5400rpm drive may work just fine as data drive.
 
in the next few years there will be solid state ram HHD released, no moving parts and we all know ram speed is 2-5 times faster than drive speed anyway, even at 10k... stick with what you got now or buy cheap and go the route of the future when it gets here...

i'm running a half doz WD 7200 J series 80g that have been filled and repartitioned a few times within the past 6mo to a year, and not one problem so far on any of them, knock on wood :) i game on one drive heavly also, maxtor drives are loud, i trust them i guess, but loud makes me wonder, and wonder ain't good from a function stand point...

just a thought...
 
Just partition the bigger, faster drive. Make a 10 gig space for OS and apps, then you have the other partion for audio. And yes, have a regular backup plan, since then you would be on one drive.
 
Fusion2 said:
in the next few years there will be solid state ram HHD released, no moving parts and we all know ram speed is 2-5 times faster than drive speed anyway, even at 10k
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try 100-200 times faster.

also, solid state RAM drives already exist up to about 30GB, the problem is that they're hugely expensive and generally not consumer-oriented.
 
try 100-200 times faster.

also, solid state RAM drives already exist up to about 30GB
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i knew ram drives were fast but ageesh* that speed would give one a white eyed rollback for sure :) yeah they cost quite a bit right now, hopefully not in the near future though....
 
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