Re: External , detachable storage

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"RE66" <RE66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: 1. Although external USB drive is a little bit slower it offload
IO from the
: main HD. i.e. when you start your computer the main HD is very
buzy loading
: application and you can't browse the web. In my comfiguration you
can.
: Try it yourself.
: 2. A second minor advantage is by separating the "temp" file from
other
: files making your main HD less fragmented.
:
:
: "Admiral Q" wrote:
:
: > "RE66" <RE66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: > news:815B41A5-5849-483D-A71B-59748B0EC54D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > : To increase my computer performance I put "temporary files"
on
: > my external
: > : HDD ( Decreasing the load on my main HD )
: > : I have done so using the following technics:
: > : 1. Set the location of Internet file cache to the external
HD.
: > : 2. Set the %TEMP% %TMP% of both system and user to the
external
: > HD.
: > :
: > : This soltion requir some improvment from the OS:
: > : Having alternative , default location for the above files on
the
: > primary
: > : partition in which the OS is installed. Having that will
enable me
: > to detach
: > : the external USB drive without having problems with
applications.
: > :
: > : BTW - Can you install Vista on external USB HD ? ( It let you
: > choose such
: > : drive ) ?
: > :
: >
: >
: > I don't see how moving frequently accessed folders to slower
: > external drives (USB2/IEEE1394) unless the internal drives are
: > running in an even slower PIO or DMA2 mode - an exception would
be
: > an external U160/320 SCSI array.
: >
: > --
: >
: >
: > Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
: >
: > Google is your friend!
: > http://www.google.com
: >
: >
: >

I don't really have an issue with either, considering I have 4 15k
146GB SCSI drives in a RAID 10 configuration off a PERC 320 RAID
controller cardl. I use the externals to hold my backups and or
miscellaneous update files, nothing I really access too much. But
even on my Dell Inspirion 620 Laptop, XP is up, running and fully
functional within 15-20 seconds, so again wouldn't have the issue,
and NTFS drives don't defragment as quickly as FAT/FAT32 does, so my
once a month defragmentaion is sufficient. The performance hit you
take in normal, day-to-day use during heavy I-O to temp files would
surely be a deterent to me just to begin surfing the web 10-15
seconds earlier or to defragment my drive less often - but don't
fret, it is quite ingenious you've discovered this thing <grin>!

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