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Old 03-24-2008, 02:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by funkysnair View Post
do you think that the bigger the drive the faster it would read?

does the cache just add performance to "saving files to disk?"
No, the only time a larger hard drive would be faster if all other factors are the same, is if the smaller hard drive is running low on disk space, and doesn't have enough free space for a large enough page file or enough free space to move files around.
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