It has come to that time of year where for some unknown reason I have an urge to mess around with my PC. This normally results in a lot of swearing and blue screens!
This time, I'm getting prepared properly. I need some considered opinions on the benefits, pros and cons of either partitioning my existing HDD or getting and installing a smaller 2nd HDD.
Currently, I have an IBM 120GB HDD running Win XP home and the usual glut of progs. I have read somewhere, as one does, that there may be some benefit of placing the OS and Apps onto a different HDD to the one which stores your data.
So, here's the question. Is there any considerable benefit from installing a small HDD (20GB seems to be the smallest going) to run XP and my apps leaving the 120GB free for my data? Also, what difference does this make from partitioning my existing HDD (apart from the additional space).
I hope this makes sense, thanks for reading
This time, I'm getting prepared properly. I need some considered opinions on the benefits, pros and cons of either partitioning my existing HDD or getting and installing a smaller 2nd HDD.
Currently, I have an IBM 120GB HDD running Win XP home and the usual glut of progs. I have read somewhere, as one does, that there may be some benefit of placing the OS and Apps onto a different HDD to the one which stores your data.
So, here's the question. Is there any considerable benefit from installing a small HDD (20GB seems to be the smallest going) to run XP and my apps leaving the 120GB free for my data? Also, what difference does this make from partitioning my existing HDD (apart from the additional space).
I hope this makes sense, thanks for reading