Two drives vs one

[ALister]

I have a Quantum Fireball CR 1.6GB with my system and program files PLUS a Quantum Fireball KA 9.1GB with movies, game and mp3s
They're sharing the same IDE port(the other IDE port is connected to CD ROMs). The KA has a habit of spinning down when it hasn't been used for a while. Is running two separate HDDs this way faster than running one partitioned drive? It seems to slow my system's overall performance.

[This message has been edited by ALister (edited 08-17-99).]

[Bob-NB]

Most people have better luck putting their system drive on one IDE cable then the additional drive on the second IDE cable. You simply have to make the proper master/slave settings based on what else you have on each cable. Regarding partitioning vs not for faster results that really depends on type of HD, how many partitions, etc. I suspect that you will get many opinions here on the forum. I'm in the one large partition camp. This has many benefits, not the least of which is..."where did I put that down-loaded program?"

[ALister]

(Yeah, I thought about putting the two drives on separate IDE cables but I don't want to put a HDD and a CD ROM together!)

If I were to partition a HDD, it would only contain two partitions - I like to keep system separate from multimedia.

Thanks, AL.