Second HDD

[Aura]W32Led@mm · Feb 26, 2007, 07:54 PM

Hello,
My friend gave me Seagate 7200.7 SATA1 120Gb HDD for free and now I was thinking that will it affect my computer performance, such as booting/loading times ? It`s slower than my own HDD. It would be good storage for everything "not so important files".

Dyre Straits · Feb 26, 2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by [Aura]W32Led@mm

Hello,
My friend gave me Seagate 7200.7 SATA1 120Gb HDD for free and now I was thinking that will it affect my computer performance, such as booting/loading times ? It`s slower than my own HDD. It would be good storage for everything "not so important files".

It should have no or minimal affect on loading times and even performance.

Nice little extra storage drive. And, you can't beat the price.

RoyBatty · Feb 26, 2007, 08:11 PM

It shouldn't affect your computer performace/booting time as long as you don't install the OS, frequently used programs and/or pagefile on it.
But I don't think that Seagate HDD is slow enough for you to notice any difference anyway (unless you have your OS installed on some RAIDed Raptors).

[Aura]W32Led@mm · Feb 26, 2007, 08:23 PM

Glad to hear that

. Thanks both of you for quick reply.

Lelisevis · Feb 26, 2007, 08:26 PM

Chances are if your main hard-drive is larger than 160GB this little drive your friend gave you could be quicker, unless your primary is a Raptor. The logic being that 120gb is more than likely on a single platter so no jumping between multiple platters.
Another potential way of speeding up your PC is to move your pagefile off the system your OS is installed on.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Feb 27, 2007, 05:58 PM

It will add a small amount of boot time once you partition it. Windows takes time during the boot to mount all the NTFS/FAT32 file systems it knows about/can find, so if you put alot of partitions on there it will add alot to your boot time yes... but if there's just one large partition? Probably wouldn't notice it on anything faster than a 1.5Ghz machine

Feb 26, 2007, 07:54 PM	#1
[Aura]W32Led@mm DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 285 Rep Power: 0	Second HDD Hello, My friend gave me Seagate 7200.7 SATA1 120Gb HDD for free and now I was thinking that will it affect my computer performance, such as booting/loading times ? It`s slower than my own HDD. It would be good storage for everything "not so important files". __________________ 3DMark05 score:7856 3DMark06:3753

Feb 26, 2007, 08:23 PM	Thread Starter #4
[Aura]W32Led@mm DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 285 Rep Power: 0	Glad to hear that . Thanks both of you for quick reply. __________________ 3DMark05 score:7856 3DMark06:3753

Feb 26, 2007, 08:11 PM	#3
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	It shouldn't affect your computer performace/booting time as long as you don't install the OS, frequently used programs and/or pagefile on it. But I don't think that Seagate HDD is slow enough for you to notice any difference anyway (unless you have your OS installed on some RAIDed Raptors).

Feb 26, 2007, 08:26 PM	#5
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Chances are if your main hard-drive is larger than 160GB this little drive your friend gave you could be quicker, unless your primary is a Raptor. The logic being that 120gb is more than likely on a single platter so no jumping between multiple platters. Another potential way of speeding up your PC is to move your pagefile off the system your OS is installed on.

Feb 27, 2007, 05:58 PM	#6
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	It will add a small amount of boot time once you partition it. Windows takes time during the boot to mount all the NTFS/FAT32 file systems it knows about/can find, so if you put alot of partitions on there it will add alot to your boot time yes... but if there's just one large partition? Probably wouldn't notice it on anything faster than a 1.5Ghz machine