Tekker
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I'm in the process of reconfiguring my PC and I'd like to set it up so it'll run as efficiently as possible by distributing the load across my hard drives.
I have three separate hard drives available and I have heard that it is a good idea to put the paging file on another drive separate from the OS drive. So here's what I'm thinking....
Drive 1 (7200RPM): OS Drive
Drive 2 (7200RPM): Audio files (large drive)
Drive 3 (5400RPM): Paging file
This will spread out the load between the three drives....
So now I'm wondering if I should also install my applications on the drive with the paging file since I have a lot of RAM (2GB) and I doubt it'll be using this drive much (if at all) for paging. Or should I install them on the OS drive because it's a faster drive? Am I going to notice any significant increase in performance by spreading things out or should I just install the applications on the OS drive and be done with it?
Thanks,
-tkr
I have three separate hard drives available and I have heard that it is a good idea to put the paging file on another drive separate from the OS drive. So here's what I'm thinking....
Drive 1 (7200RPM): OS Drive
Drive 2 (7200RPM): Audio files (large drive)
Drive 3 (5400RPM): Paging file
This will spread out the load between the three drives....
So now I'm wondering if I should also install my applications on the drive with the paging file since I have a lot of RAM (2GB) and I doubt it'll be using this drive much (if at all) for paging. Or should I install them on the OS drive because it's a faster drive? Am I going to notice any significant increase in performance by spreading things out or should I just install the applications on the OS drive and be done with it?
Thanks,
-tkr