2nd HD full = slower pc?

dkg_ · 07-09-2008, 11:35 AM

Hey, hope this doesn't seem like a stupid question but is there any reason I'd lose performance by adding a 2nd hard drive and moving all my files to it from my portable HD which i keep them on now?

I'm thinking about getting a 500gb HD, probably not using RAID and putting about 350GB of files on it for now.
Will games run slower of a 2nd hard drive (same speed) only without windows installed on it.
Will boot or fps be any slower than it is now on my normal HD?

**Deleted090308** · 07-10-2008, 08:29 AM

Hi,
Booting may be a split second slower - games installed on a second HDD will not be slower (provided the drive is properly defragmented).

07-09-2008, 11:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
dkg_ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 29 OS: Windows xp sp2 My System	2nd HD full = slower pc? Hey, hope this doesn't seem like a stupid question but is there any reason I'd lose performance by adding a 2nd hard drive and moving all my files to it from my portable HD which i keep them on now? I'm thinking about getting a 500gb HD, probably not using RAID and putting about 350GB of files on it for now. Will games run slower of a 2nd hard drive (same speed) only without windows installed on it. Will boot or fps be any slower than it is now on my normal HD?

07-10-2008, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: 2nd HD full = slower pc? Hi, Booting may be a split second slower - games installed on a second HDD will not be slower (provided the drive is properly defragmented).