advantages of running two hd's

joeitalo · 02-21-2008, 04:38 PM

honestly is it better for performance if I run two HD's or just one .I do not need the storage space I mostly game and email .Ihave a pavilion a1630n with the original hd 250g's and I puchased a SATA 300 320g hd witch one would you use or should I run if it is is just as fast with only one hd as aposed to running two

**Snoopdogie187** · 02-21-2008, 04:56 PM

I feel it is fastr to use two HDs, i was going to set my old desktop up with a small hard drive for the OS and keep most of the other programs on the other hard drive. Also divide programs between the two HDs that i would use at the same time. This just help when you are trying to access a lot of data off the hd so with two it can go to both and not have as long of a list to retriee as it would with one. This is just what i believe though. There is also RAID configurations (i dont know a lot about them) but they are supose to increase preformance and help with any problems that may come along. RAID i think uses two or more hard drives with the same data on them. Not sure if the HD themselves have to be the same or anything like that.

Plus the extra space is always good just to have and you can use the second as a backup to the first even.

joeitalo · 02-25-2008, 02:34 AM

I was not and still not sure what raid is but I remember seeing it on the drives ...both of them

02-21-2008, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
joeitalo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston Mass Posts: 191 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	advantages of running two hd's honestly is it better for performance if I run two HD's or just one .I do not need the storage space I mostly game and email .Ihave a pavilion a1630n with the original hd 250g's and I puchased a SATA 300 320g hd witch one would you use or should I run if it is is just as fast with only one hd as aposed to running two

02-21-2008, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Snoopdogie187 Oh! What shall I be? Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,537 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1, mom: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: advantages of running two hd's I feel it is fastr to use two HDs, i was going to set my old desktop up with a small hard drive for the OS and keep most of the other programs on the other hard drive. Also divide programs between the two HDs that i would use at the same time. This just help when you are trying to access a lot of data off the hd so with two it can go to both and not have as long of a list to retriee as it would with one. This is just what i believe though. There is also RAID configurations (i dont know a lot about them) but they are supose to increase preformance and help with any problems that may come along. RAID i think uses two or more hard drives with the same data on them. Not sure if the HD themselves have to be the same or anything like that. Plus the extra space is always good just to have and you can use the second as a backup to the first even. __________________ Infected computer? click here Has TSF Helped You? Posting System Specifications Please Donate to TSF

02-25-2008, 02:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
joeitalo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston Mass Posts: 191 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: advantages of running two hd's I was not and still not sure what raid is but I remember seeing it on the drives ...both of them