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Old 04-27-2008   #4 (permalink)
C.B.


 
 

Re: Make a local hard disk offline, in a software manner?



"dullpain" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If it really bothers you pull it out and mount the drive in a USB
> enclosure.
> Your computer may perform better if you move your paging file to the
> second drive.
> There are also different philosophies with regard to moving your data
> files, like My Documents, to the second hard drive rather than keeping
> them on the primary.
> Lastly, you could use the second hard drive to install XP just to see the
> speed you have been missing with Vista.

I don't lose any speed with Vista. I have four systems, one of them
with Vista and the other three with XP. The Vista machine runs just as fast
as the three XP machines. If you are running Vista you need to figure out
why you are losing speed. Hardware issues probably, or maybe even a bloated,
resource hungry security suite or inappropriate configurations.
In any event, you should not assume everyone experiences the problem
you have concerning speed. My Vista machine runs so well I rarely use the
other three. I had it built with the necessary hardware. If your machine
doesn't have the required hardware to run Vista properly that's not Vista's
fault. Place the blame where it belongs.

C.B.


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