What is the best hard drive configuration for recording?

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I am now fine tuning my computer specifications before I order it. I am new to the sport and would like some feedback on what is a good hard drive for recording. I hear that it is useful to have two. I will start with one and would like to know what size to get now with the option to add another if need be. Any information on this subject would be appreciated.
 
if your computer already has one you can use that for your OS/apps....just get one more.....

Maxtor Diamond Max 7200rpm , somewhere between 20-40gb is fine....
 
Gidge said:
if your computer already has one you can use that for your OS/apps....just get one more.....

Maxtor Diamond Max 7200rpm , somewhere between 20-40gb is fine....
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I've seen alot of suggestions to get a seperate HD for recording. I use only one with a P4 1.4 ghz processor and have absolutely no problem. Has the increased speed in the CPU's solved the problem?
 
youd do ok with 1 , but i still recommend 2 myself...i was just counting your existing drive as 1 and then the new one as the 2nd one.......
 
Using two drives is simply the *easiest* way to go about things, and it's not much more expensive. It's very nice indeed. Argueably, a two drive system is also more efficient because the OS and pagefile can reside on a seperate controller channel...but I'm not convinced that's been a true performance issue for quite some time.

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Aside from the performance benefits already mentioned, the other important thing to me, is ease of organization. I often format/install my operating system drive. It's nice to have the audio data on a physically seperate drive.
 
I find that another good reason to have a seperate, larger data drive is that it makes things quick & painless when you want to backup your system drive. Use a program like Ghost or Drive image and back up your whole C: drive to 650 meg files on your D: drive, and then write them to CDR. Saves a LOT of hassle if you have a drive failure, or just want to restore your system to a prior configuration.
 
Well see you could all do that with partitions too. I'm not arguing against a second drive....just....arguing for no good reason... ;)

Slackmaster 2000
 
Yeah, but I can't pop out a 40GB drive and throw in another 40GB drive on the fly with partitions. Could I?
 
Nope, but most people don't pop their drives.

Again, I still agree that two drives is better.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Well, you wanted to argue.

I guess we can all agree.

Two drives are better than one. Overall.
 
Except that one drive is better.

Again, I still think that two drives is the way to go.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Why is one drive better? Under normal home-use I could see that.

For recording and/or video use, two drives are better.

That is just the truth.
 
Well, you wanted to argue.
I guess we can all agree.
Two drives are better than one. .........

Except that one drive is better.

:D :D :D :D :D
 
and if a drive crashes...most likely it'll be your C drive, leaving your audio file drive still alive...if anything is not backed up....(right?)...and for defragging....much less muss and fuss
 
Yeah for sure mixmkr, good point. But, as you know any drive can crash at any point. I bounce data around 3 physically seperate drives so the odd's of them all failing at once are reduced. Something not possible to do with ...partitions.

If you don't do that, back up to CD-R at least, or even better - both.
 
would a 5 1/4" floppy drive be ok for digital audio?.....
 
Ok, so I put windows, nortons and Ntrack on the slower small drive and direct recordings to the larger fast drive, right?
 
YES! operating system, applications, verything on c drive......just the actual .wav (or whatever format) files that you are recording and playing back should be on the fast d: drive.....

how fast is your 5 1/4" drive?......
 
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