Simviation Forum - Hard drives.

Mar 11^th, 2009 at 7:14am

Mazza Offline
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I need more space and I was wondering if it's better to get 2 500Gb HDD or one 1TB one, The single is $155 and 2 500s are $186. BIG price diff, and i need money also for new PSU. So yeah better with 2 or one? Wink

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Reply #1 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 7:24am

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Maz...my old Chum... Wink

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Have you thought how long it would take to Defrag a busy 1 TB Hard Drive...... Shocked

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I would have thought just one, single, 500 GB Hard Drive would be more than enough for average use!

...and save you lots of money!... Smiley

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Paul...a bit of a terror bite!... Wink

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Reply #2 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 7:40am

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Fozzer wrote on Mar 11^th, 2009 at 7:24am:

Maz...my old Chum... Wink

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Have you thought how long it would take to Defrag a busy 1 TB Hard Drive...... Shocked

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...!

I would have thought just one, single, 500 GB Hard Drive would be more than enough for average use!

...and save you lots of money!... Smiley

...!

Paul...a bit of a terror bite!... Wink

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mmmmhmmm Well, I could Cheesy

Saves some moneys Cool

And yet, my 50Gb left is going away fast! Shocked

But i can just De-frag when I'm at school! Grin

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Reply #3 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 7:52am

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Maz...

The thing I would be aware of...

My AMD/Win XP Pro system restricts me to recognise only a 128 GB Hard drive!

Any more, and I have to Partition it into separate areas!

My 256 GB HDD needs partitioning into 2X 128 GB sections!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...and "Sectioned" for the Public Safety... Wink

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Reply #4 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 10:52am

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I agree with Fozz... and imagine also, if the worst should happen, and you have a TB of stuff in a single HD Shocked

if you had 2, you'd only lose half your stuff Roll Eyes

...plus you could arrange for one drive to carry the programs, and the other for important, irretrievable stuff

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Reply #5 - Mar 11^th, 2009 at 5:35pm

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You will optimize your performance by running FSX on its own drive and your OS on the other. My vote would be the 2 500's

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Reply #6 - Mar 12^th, 2009 at 5:28am

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Cool thanks guys. And I'm a FS9 Flyer Wink

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Reply #7 - Mar 12^th, 2009 at 7:04am

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Mazza wrote on Mar 12^th, 2009 at 5:28am:

Cool thanks guys. And I'm a FS9 Flyer Wink

10/10, Maz!... Smiley

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It's always nice to meet a fellow enthusiast, with a happy "FS9" smile on his face!... Wink

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Reply #8 - Mar 13^th, 2009 at 1:27am