I'm gonna sound like a newbie....

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Rokket, for simple storage, just pop in the second HD. If you want portability, buy the USB drive. You want to do something different, have the DAW seperate or something, talk to an IT guy, and see what they say. I know people that run more than one OS, but they don't do much that really taxes the computer. You do audio, and maybe video, this can tax all resources, so getting it set up right may take some trial and error. With XP, most stuff can be set up automatically, and just run, unless you run into trouble. Then you need to do some tweaking.

Thanks for the REP points.
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fraserhutch said:
OK, I'll try to be clear - something I have to work on at times :) So if I say something that doesn't make sense, yell at me and I'll clear it up.

Most, if not all, PC motherboards have two IDE controllers (newer ones also have SATA controllers, but that is besides the point for now). Each IDE controller can accept two devices; a master and a slave.

So, in theory, you could install up to 4 hard disks on your system. If you did that, and created a single partition on each, then you would, in Windows, have C, D, E, and F drives. You can install install your OS on any of these you like; Windows installation defaults to the first drive, in our case, C. You would be able to access any of the drives as storage. You do not have to have an OS installation on each disk (which is what I think you were wondering about). In fact, on my system, I have disk drives C, D, H, and I. I have E and F DVD drives.

C and D are my first hard disk partitioned into 2 drives.
G and I are my second disk partitioned into 2 drives. I keep my audio and G, and my programs installed on C.

I only have the one OS installed on this box.

My first disk and my first DBV are installed on IDE1, My second disk and my second DVD are installed on the second controlller. So, when my audio app loads, it loads from C, as does all my system software and background tasks. These accesses all go through the IDE 1 controller. When my audio app loads audio and sequence data, because that data resides on a seperate disk on a seperate IDE controller (IDE2), it can be loaded into memory at the same time system and background data is loaded from IDE1 due to the use of DMA.

Now, if my system and program applications all resided on the same disk (or in fact, different disks on the same IDE controller), then the loads could not be concurrent, they would be loaded sequentially.

Hope this helps a bit.
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I don't think I said anything about needing an OS on a drive to put files onto it.

Everything on the drive with the OS will run everything in the computer.

You can not run programs or anything without an OS.
So you can't just format a drive and install a media player or something.

So if C:/ runs everything in the comp. Why is it more practical to use the second D:/ as storage? Other then using the drives independently?

I'm right now using both my HD's C:/ and D:/ on the same IDE. But independently. Partitoning one drive is pointless. All it does is put it all in order for easier access. It still all has to be ran from the system files (registry)
where the WINDOWS install is.


I think somwhere we are miscommunicating. In his post he asked do I have to or don't I? I gave him both opitions. Yes he could do it by not installing another OS. But if he wants a dedicated DAW. Than it is more logical to install a second OS. Usually in the comp there are 2 IDE controllers. Yes. But I don't think you can use the IDE controller that you use for ROMs to run a Hard drive.

If I'm mistaken correct me plz.


L8er,
livilaNic
 
cellardweller said:
A man after my own heart, so I will explain it in terms that even I understand...

It is through a process called F.M. (fu**ing magic) that this occurs....

I have no idea, but it works... One OS on C, nothing but data on D (E,F,G,Z what ever, use japanese characters if it congests your member :D )
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ROFLMAO :D
 
livilaNic said:
I don't think I said anything about needing an OS on a drive to put files onto it.
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My bad, I misunderstood you.

So if C:/ runs everything in the comp. Why is it more practical to use the second D:/ as storage? Other then using the drives independently?
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I tried to explain this. It is not more practical per se, but provides definite speed advantages.

Anyways, this has been hashed out on other threads. If you want, we can take this offline, or if others in this thread want it to continue, I'll do so. But it was not my intention to start a pissing match.
 
fraserhutch said:
Anyways, this has been hashed out on other threads. If you want, we can take this offline, or if others in this thread want it to continue, I'll do so. But it was not my intention to start a pissing match.
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Take it offline?


I'm just trying to learn as I stated earlier.

So this means that I know of this way that makes sense to me.

And I'm trying to understand the way it makes sense to you.
It does'nt mean I'm trying to pick a fight or say your wrong.


Take it how you want to. Not my problem.



L8er,
livilaNic
 
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