Question about two HDs and PC running faster.
January 23rd, 2020
thanks in advance guys.
It may speed up the process of accessing your HD but doubt it’ll speed up your system, your processor and RAM will speed up your system. Sure someone will be round to correct me if i’m wrong.
Well, I’ve got a quad core 2.4 ghz for the processor and 4gb of Ram.
I would move my page file over to the other hard drive. That will definitely improve performance. Right click on My Computer –> Properties –> Advanced –> Performance –> Advanced –> Virtual Memory. That’s what I’ve done with my desktop. Also, if you have a RAID controller, then you can set up a RAID 0, which will make it even faster.
I've got this stupid thing happening where I get NTLR error if I don't have windows on both HDs, but anyway, that's not the issue.
Disconnect one drive and install Windows on the other one.
Oh yeah. And since you do graphics, be sure to move your Photoshop scratch disk over to the other drive, too.
I would move my page file over to the other hard drive. That will definitely improve performance. Right click on My Computer --> Properties --> Advanced --> Performance --> Advanced --> Virtual Memory. That's what I've done with my desktop. Also, if you have a RAID controller, then you can set up a RAID 0, which will make it even faster.
Ah I see. Is that dangerous to have it on the other drive. WHat would happen if the other drive were to die or something.
Disconnect one drive and install Windows on the other one.
Wish it were that simple. If I disconnect the one I hardly use then the main one doesn’t work! I have to have both connected and windows on both. At the start it goes to that screen where it gives you time to pick which operating system you want to use and I have to select the one that is on the Main HD.
My boot ini looks like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT=”Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /noexecute=AlwaysOffmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Wish it were that simple. If I disconnect the one I hardly use then the main one doesn't work! I have to have both connected and windows on both. At the start it goes to that screen where it gives you time to pick which operating system you want to use and I have to select the one that is on the Main HD.It’s is that simple. After you install Windows just reconnect the drive while IN Windows and delete the boot.ini and other Windows related files from the disk. Or you can just use a partition manager and remove the active flag from the partition.
My boot ini looks like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=AlwaysOffmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Ah I see. Is that dangerous to have it on the other drive. WHat would happen if the other drive were to die or something.
Nothing. Temporary data is stored in the pagefile. When I disinfect computers, I routinely delete it from a bootable CD. In fact, in the same screen, you can set the page file size to zero.
With the amount of RAM you have, I doubt you would notice any difference at all.
No. VM is required for a lot of reasons. Some apps will fail to run without it even though enough physical memory is available.
With the amount of RAM you have, I doubt you would notice any difference at all.No. VM is required for a lot of reasons. Some apps will fail to run without it even though enough physical memory is available.
Probably third-party ones. My laptop is running as I type without one.
Alright. , I’m going to try the page file thing you suggested. Definately going to move the scratch pad for PS as well. Thanks for the help!
In regards to the other issue, TheDA, do I need to re-install windows at all? I still want to be able to access all the files and everything that is on the secondary HD while using my main one. Also, is Partitiion Manager a program I have to download or already included in windows?
In regards to the other issue, TheDA, do I need to re-install windows at all? I still want to be able to access all the files and everything that is on the secondary HD while using my main one. Also, is Partitiion Manager a program I have to download or already included in windows?
You can do a repair if you wish. You just disconnect the secondary one and install/repair Windows on the first while the second one is disconnected. Afterwards connect it and remove it’s active flag. There is an application on Hiren’s Boot CD called Active Partition Manager that can do this for you.Is there much chance of me doing any damage to my main HD and its files? I really can’t afford to lose them. I’m not the best with PCs. Would it be better if I took it a shop to do it?
Is there much chance of me doing any damage to my main HD and its files? I really can't afford to lose them. I'm not the best with PCs. Would it be better if I took it a shop to do it?No chance at all for damage. Reinstalling Windows would of course make you lose all your files on the first one so a backup would be essential.Is there much chance of me doing any damage to my main HD and its files? I really can't afford to lose them. I'm not the best with PCs. Would it be better if I took it a shop to do it?No chance at all for damage. Reinstalling Windows would of course make you lose all your files on the first one so a backup would be essential.Actually, a repair installation will probably keep his documents and delete any system files. But what I would do instead is disconnect the drive and while booting from the CD choose the Recovery Console. Then, I’d type fixmbr and the drive letter, then ENTER. Then I’d type fixboot, the drive letter, and ENTER.