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USING TWO HARD DRIVES

Jan 29, 2005 7:27AM PST

I have two 80 gb hard drives. I've been thinking about using one just for my pictures,gif's,video,and music.
Hoping that they would be safer on a seperate drive.

Is this idea valid or not, and are there any other better ways to protect my files, other than the fact that I must back up my files. I do use an antivirus program and firewall,and don't download anything questionable.

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It's mostly just that... hope.
Jan 29, 2005 7:35AM PST

The most common reason for dataloss still remains the "delete" key. Usually done in the small hours of the morning or due to a non-booting PC which someone installs the OS in hope of regaining access.

Go ahead but keep in mind that it's not a backup.

Bob

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I always like the idea of using extra drives
Feb 2, 2005 5:49PM PST

I have four drives and 8 partitions between them, one of which I partitioned about 9GB for C: and I used my D: drive to install all programs. Another disk is partitioned for MP3s, another for Photos and another partitioned for Downloads only. I named another drive/partition "Resources" and I keep copies of XP PRO (the entire CD) and XP OFFICE and other data/files from other computers, etc. It is always a good idea to NOT use the entire C:\ for the operating system AND your programs because if it crashes then you are risking losing all your programs and data, etc.. If you partition enough room for the root drive (CHappy and install programs, etc., on other drives/partitions, you will not lose as much.