hi tom, i totally agree with you. i really don't see any point in massive c drives i really don't. i've got 5 external hard drives connected to my pc. so as you can imagine booting up actually does take a while but it's not because of the amount stored on my c drive lol.
i'm not someone that goes around fixing pc's etc, but i would still consider it common sense to not put stuff on the c drive if only because if ever you have to format the system, at least you won't lose all your material as well. yes you can move stuff off usually before formatting but there are instances where something may stop you from doing so. drive corruption for 1 and lets be honest the more you access a drive the more chance there is of it being corrupted. so it stands to reason that c drive stands a pretty good chance of going first. Sent from my iPad On 21 Oct 2012, at 05:33, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes. I might add if a computer user uses the c: drive exclusively for > the operating system, programs, etc while putting documents, mp3s, and > basically everything else on an external drive it will massively > improve performance.I can't tell you as a computer tech who does > computer repairs how many people ask me why their computer is running > slow and I only have to look at their personal documents folders to > see they have a billion pictures, mp3s, etc which is causing the PC to > slow down because the OS is taking longer and longer to find stuff on > the drive. Its one of those things that most computer techs know, but > never seems to be learned by the majority of average PC users. They > seem to think they can run out and by a new PC with a huge 2 TB drive, > fill it up with pictures and music and not expect the PC to slow down > or take forever booting. Let alone have a plan in place for backing up > all that stuff in case their computer dies. I suppose that kind of > misunderstanding is encouraged by PC manufacturers by adding larger > and larger drives to the PC when a drive that big is better as a > storage drive not as a primary startup drive. > > On 10/20/12, Darren Harris <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> wrote: >> hi, >> >> tom is right. >> >> i have several external drives actually. i never store anything on my c >> drive. that's purely for the operating system and any installed programmes. >> nothing more. everything else is shared between multiple drives. >> >> Sent from my iPad > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
