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Hard Drive Efficiency Tips?
I have two hard drives in my computer and am trying to figure out the most efficient way to use them. I know that it is better to put Windows and its swap file on seperate drives. So, if Windows is on one drive and the swap file is on the other drive then which drive do I want to install games and programs onto? Do I install them on the Windows drive so that the game/program and the swap file are on seperate drives or do I install the game/program onto the swap file drive so that windows and the game/program are on seperate drives? Any other ways to maximise performance? Other than RAID, I need the space.
I am running Vista Ultimate 64 and XP Pro X64. Both drives are NTFS with 4096 byte sectors. I notice on Vista 64 I can choose anywhere from 512 to 64K sized allocation units. I have always used 4096 for the extra speed instead of the 512 default but maby nowadays 8192 or even higher would be better and still not waste too much space?
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