Sonic322 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I just put a second hard drive in my computer that's bigger than my main drive and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to take some of the load off of the main drive. I was already planning to change Firefox's and Internet Explorer's default cache directories to the new drive but does anyone know of any other things related to cache or anything that I can safely store on the new drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg325 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 possibly program files, backups, old documents, maybe some libraries, have your disk backup on the new one definatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 ...wtf? Just copy anything you want over to the second drive. You have TWO drives now. Just distribute anything you want anywhere. Generally, I would put all your stuff from the desktop and "My Documents" on that second drive; leave everything else where it is. BTW, this entire thread is random. It doesn't really have a question (that makes sense). What exactly is the problem with the first drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic322 Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 What exactly is the problem with the first drive? Nothing is wrong with it. I just want to set it up so it isn't working as hard as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 so it isn't working as hard as it is now. ...alright, I understand how you might want to distribute filesize evenly, but SERIOUSLY? WORK AS HARD? The amount of data a drive stores does not determine how much work it does. That is set by the RPM of your drive. If you worried about the drive breaking, you shouldn't. Unless you drop the PC from a high distance or smash it with Thor strength, or have been using it for quite some time, the drive'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 ITT: Sonic doesn't understand how magnets hard drives work. The only reason you need a second hard drive is if the first one dies, or you need more room. If neither apply, then you don't need to bother with it. "Working hard" for a drive means lots of reading/writing, which I can't imagine you have an issue with. If anything drive related, that would be something someone might want to mitigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic322 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Well I was really just wandering what things I don't need on the primary drive anymore. I have only ever had 1GB of ram and I have already maxed out the paging file encase it runs out. I moved Firefox's cache and offline cache to the new drive. I moved Internet Explorer's temporary internet files to the new drive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have only ever had 1GB of ram and I have already maxed out the paging file encase it runs out. I corrupted at least 3GBs of RAM in the past, so I've always been using 1GB. More over, I don't waste too much time with the paging file; it's much slower than RAM, and almost as slow as regular writing to the HDD under normal circumstances. I moved Firefox's cache and offline cache to the new drive. I moved Internet Explorer's temporary internet files to the new drive too. If the new drive has a higher RPM, it might work a little faster, but it's still using a slave port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeDude2 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 but it's still using a slave port. Depends if it is IDE or SATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I just put a second hard drive in my computer that's bigger than my main drive and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to take some of the load off of the main drive. I was already planning to change Firefox's and Internet Explorer's default cache directories to the new drive but does anyone know of any other things related to cache or anything that I can safely store on the new drive? ] possibly program files, backups, old documents, maybe some libraries, have your disk backup on the new one definatly. @Sonic322 I have no idea what you mean by "take a load off the drive". Hard drives don't do much than store data. If you are rendering movies, or doing other resource heavy games and such, the main stress is on the CPU and GPU. Of course, rendering movies means that the computer is writing the file to the hard drive, and the faster the RPM and read/write speed, (sorta) the faster the video can be created, because the platters move faster, and the computer and write more data faster. But, the main stress, like I said, on the CPU. (Some new programs use the GPU to speed up rendering as well.) @jg325 I'm not sure you know what you're talking about. You cannot move Program Files. Windows has needed programs in there (on Winx64, they have stuff in both regular and x86), and if you move those, I'm pretty sure the computer wouldn't even boot. And, many programs (especially new programs) put strings in the registry that tell it where is files are. If you want to move any programs, you need to un-install the program, and re-install it and point it to the new hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg325 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 that is what i ment, and some programs like minecraft you can just move over wholesale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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