Running Fraps on Notebook

auron · 11-20-2006, 07:26 AM

Hi there,
got a little question

I like recording games with fraps. Now i got a little "problem". Well notebooks normally only got 1 hdd and running fraps(recording video) and the game at the same time costs a lot of power, because the hdd must record and read the game files at the same time.
I want to buy a second hdd(external) to record on that hdd. My question is if usb 2.0 is fast enough to send the data to the hdd? Im recording in a resolution of 1280x800 px which is a huge amount of information. 15secs of video are like 300 mb

.
If thats a bad idea(usb 2.0) what alternatives would there be?

thanks for any suggestions

Edit:got a second question. My hdd is formatted fat32 from the beginning. But it takes centuries to defrag. Now i want to convert to ntfs(both partitions) is there any risk or can i do this without having to worry about files getting lost or anything similar?

PC-Specs:
intel core 2 duo 1.87ghz
120gb hdd(internal)
geforce 7600 go 512 ram
1024 ddr2 667mhz ram

dmitryk · 11-20-2006, 08:18 AM

1st question. USB 2.0 with a rate of 300MB per 15 sec... will produce 20MB/s
That is ok for USB 2.0 if it has only one device on that bus... In genral it's close to it's limits... and I would suggest to consider either Firewire 800 or eSATA - external SATA drive.

2. You shold not lose data when you convert from FAT to NTFS, but....
if filesystem is corrupted in a first place, or you lose power , or hdd has abad sector or.... Backup before you do anything which compromise data integrity ;-) and verify that you backup correctly.

auron · 11-20-2006, 10:43 AM

oh great thanks =)

now i only have to see the prices :P well i t´dont think there is a big difference between the different types ...ill see =)

bye

11-20-2006, 07:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
auron Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Win Vista Business	Running Fraps on Notebook Hi there, got a little question I like recording games with fraps. Now i got a little "problem". Well notebooks normally only got 1 hdd and running fraps(recording video) and the game at the same time costs a lot of power, because the hdd must record and read the game files at the same time. I want to buy a second hdd(external) to record on that hdd. My question is if usb 2.0 is fast enough to send the data to the hdd? Im recording in a resolution of 1280x800 px which is a huge amount of information. 15secs of video are like 300 mb . If thats a bad idea(usb 2.0) what alternatives would there be? thanks for any suggestions Edit:got a second question. My hdd is formatted fat32 from the beginning. But it takes centuries to defrag. Now i want to convert to ntfs(both partitions) is there any risk or can i do this without having to worry about files getting lost or anything similar? PC-Specs: intel core 2 duo 1.87ghz 120gb hdd(internal) geforce 7600 go 512 ram 1024 ddr2 667mhz ram Last edited by auron; 11-20-2006 at 07:56 AM.

11-20-2006, 08:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
dmitryk Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto... for now Posts: 76 OS: XP	1st question. USB 2.0 with a rate of 300MB per 15 sec... will produce 20MB/s That is ok for USB 2.0 if it has only one device on that bus... In genral it's close to it's limits... and I would suggest to consider either Firewire 800 or eSATA - external SATA drive. 2. You shold not lose data when you convert from FAT to NTFS, but.... if filesystem is corrupted in a first place, or you lose power , or hdd has abad sector or.... Backup before you do anything which compromise data integrity ;-) and verify that you backup correctly. __________________ Dmitry Kisselev

11-20-2006, 10:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
auron Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Win Vista Business	oh great thanks =) now i only have to see the prices :P well i t´dont think there is a big difference between the different types ...ill see =) bye