Peabody <waybackKILLSPAM44@yahoo.com> wrote:

>My new computer, with XP MCE2005 installed, came with a 200 GB hard
>drive, which is a 7200 rpm Western Digital with a 2 MB cache, and
>the head movements are fairly noisy.
>
>I'll be transferring a relatively new 80 GB drive from my old 98SE
>computer into the new case. It's also a 7200 rpm W.D., but has an 8
>MB cache and is a lot less noisy.
>
>Well, I'm thinking I really ought to use the little drive as my main
>drive, and leave the big drive for video capture and format
>conversion. My C partition is only going to be about 25 GB in
>either case, and that's the only partition I will back up on a
>regular basis. So it would look like this:
>
>80 GB Drive:
>
>C: 25 GB for O/S and applications, but not major data stuff.
>D: 51 GB for major data items - pictures, videos, music
>R: 4 GB hidden recovery partition
>
>200 GB Drive:
>
>X: 200 GB for video capture and processing, and other things
> where using a second physical drive prevents thrashing
>
>Does this make sense? In case it matters, I am not a gamer, but do
>a lot with video.
>
>It just seems to me that the little drive might actually be faster,
>and I know it will be more quiet.
>

I very much prefer the JB series drives from Western Digital, which is
what your 8 mb cache model probably is. For one thing they have a 3
year warranty as compared to the 1 year on the BB series drives with 2
mb cache.

I would use the 8 mb drive as the primary master and install Windows
on it. That way you will get the maximum performance benefit from the
8 mb ondisk cache.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca