Second Hard Drive Questions

dr4g0nf1y · 12 Sep 2009 at 10:29

I've always gone with a drive the size that I've expected of needing and now I want an independant drive for windows 7 and a second drive for storage.

Now I don't know how this would work as I've never personally had more than one drive.

Can I install steam on the second drive from the os and run it of my desktop with a shortcut to the location of the second drive and will I lose any perforance/speed from having windows running something like that from the second?

AbsenceJam · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:52

You can install and run stuff from wherever you please and the more you spread the 'load' across disks the better performance will be as drives can only do one thing at a time.

dr4g0nf1y · 12 Sep 2009 at 15:28

Okay cool, saying that then I may go for the SSD for the OS, Velicoraptor for games then my existing Barracuda for music and videos and stuff.

Saying that, when using I tunes I can't install the program somewhere and play the files off that can I? I have to have the files inside the itunes directory, correct?

timaloy · 13 Sep 2009 at 02:10

i run 2 drives makes life easier when theres anty problems think il start using raid

leexgx · 14 Sep 2009 at 11:21

the SSD should be used for OS, programs and games, use the spare disk for storing any big files or any files for that matter that you have (as i see from your sig the Black HDD you have now is fast any way i use that as the second disk as the raptor just add a lot of noise and maybe little bit faster load times probably not noticeable )