keep second hard drive on new computer or in old computer as backup

[mar]

I'm getting my new computer soon. And im not sure what to do with my old computer. I think i might use it as a backup. This is my plan.

New computer - 80GB hard drive
Old computer - 1TB Hard drive

So im going to network them. And everytime i save stuff im going to save it on the old computer. So i wont really have anything on my new computer. Only windows.

Because a while ago i got a virus and i had the 2 hard drives on the same computer and the virus jumped to the 2nd hard drive and i had to reformat everything.

I figure this way is better for security and virus and backups.


Should i do this or should i just keep both hard drives on the same computer?

 

[johnb35]

I would put both drives on the same computer, would make it easier and faster access then going through the LAN.