Dedicated Windows Drive

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PcGk

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Is it best to have a small dedicated HD just to run WinXP on or is it ok to run XP on a large HD that you use as a work drive (i.e.- photo processing, frequently store and delete files on, etc).
I was thinking small drive to run XP, and slave drive for the work drive is more desirable.
 
I use a separate drive to run Windows for various reasons:
1. Defragging Windows itself grants more of a performance boost than the entire computer overall, having a small drive specifically for windows helps lessen defrag time.
2. It allows Windows to use all the bandwidth available to it from the hard drive, if it was in the same hard drive as everything else, the HDD bandwidth would be shared between everything using the drive.
3. It's best to have your page file in a different drive than your Windows Installation (for pretty much the same reason as #2)
4. having a separate drive allows you to reformat the Windows drive without losing all your critical data.
I'm sure there are other reasons but these are what I could think of right now.
 
gamerman4 said:
I use a separate drive to run Windows for various reasons:

3. It's best to have your page file in a different drive than your Windows Installation (for pretty much the same reason as #2)
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Great tip, I have to try that.

What is a good size HD to run windows on? I want to get a 5400rpm drive to try and quiet my PC, the whining noise is killing me on my WD 7200rpm.
 
gamerman4 said:
I use a separate drive to run Windows for various reasons:
1. Defragging Windows itself grants more of a performance boost than the entire computer overall, having a small drive specifically for windows helps lessen defrag time.
2. It allows Windows to use all the bandwidth available to it from the hard drive, if it was in the same hard drive as everything else, the HDD bandwidth would be shared between everything using the drive.
3. It's best to have your page file in a different drive than your Windows Installation (for pretty much the same reason as #2)
4. having a separate drive allows you to reformat the Windows drive without losing all your critical data.
I'm sure there are other reasons but these are what I could think of right now.
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Will having different PARTITIONS have the same effect?
 
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