New Samsung 1TB Drive

[GoNz0]

At the moment I have the System (C:\) on on HDD, I have an archive drive (D:\) for my documents, CD images, downloaded software etc and finally a Media drive (E:\) for movies, music and photos.

The music and photos are backed up to MP3 player and DVD's respectively. I have not bothered to back up movies as they are not irreplaceable.

However I do stream movies from this PC to my HTPC downstairs via Wi-Fi.

I think I will do a transfer of E: to the new 1TB drive and then use the spare drive that creates as an internal backup for D: or Raid 1 the D:

what about using the spare drive for temp and paging files, if you want to get more creative you can move the my documents folder off the c drive as well in a couple of clicks, open start menu, right click and properties on my docs and hit move.

i have windows on my 150gb raptor, my docs, downloads and stuff on the 1tb samsung along with the temp files & my paging file on a 80gb partition on a 250gb maxtor i didnt know what to do with.

you can move temp files from enviroment variables in system properties > advanced.

im considering moving temp files into the paging files partition to take the load off as the paging file doesnt do much unless an app's loading (its fixed)

[CK1]

I have already put the 'my documents' folder onto the D:\ drive and I have also moved the paging file to D:\ as well.

If anyone know's how to move the profile i.e documents and settings folder can they divulge please? I would like to move this to D:\ as well.

[stevie b]

So in conclusion then whats the best setup, regardless of the "new Samsung 1TB Drive". i mean if i was on yoyotech right now with a wallet full of cash and wanted the best configuration, what would i by!! i thing a smallish SATA HD for the OS around 200GB and 2x 1TB SATA HD's in RAID...

[GoNz0]

I have already put the 'my documents' folder onto the D:\ drive and I have also moved the paging file to D:\ as well.

If anyone know's how to move the profile i.e documents and settings folder can they divulge please? I would like to move this to D:\ as well.

some info here http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1409.html

[Lourdes]

So in conclusion then whats the best setup, regardless of the "new Samsung 1TB Drive". i mean if i was on yoyotech right now with a wallet full of cash and wanted the best configuration, what would i by!! i thing a smallish SATA HD for the OS around 200GB and 2x 1TB SATA HD's in RAID...

I'd buy a big SAS RAID card and a load of 15K SAS drives in RAID 10 for the best setup.

The ebst setup depends on what you need and how much you have.

[Jay]

Does anyone else think 1TB is a lot to lose if 1 drive dies?

I use 4 SAS drives in RAID 5 at work... lol, fast!

[peterb]

IT is a lot to lose - and to back up!

[badass]

On the HDD performance - I can guarentee a noticable performance difference between an old 20GB or even a 40 GB HDD and a modern HDD on the same system since we are writing off a whole load of machines at work purely because of the HDD's.

[mikerr]

Newer hard disks are faster for benchmarks (sustained reads/writes), but since lots of real world usage involves the disk head zipping all over the disk, improvements in HDD speeds aren't as apparent in everyday usage.

You need flash/SSD based storage with their tiny access times, to get the wow factor

Been running an old laptop off a CF-IDE adaptor with win98 on a 128Mb CF for a few years now
(yes 128Mb is small, but it was expensive back then!)
the 0 seek time and no disk thrashing really makes it a decent machine.
Still no sign of the CF card "wearing out" as many people would have you believe happens...