I'm considering buying a 9 GB SCSI disk and use it to hold the XP
operating system. I understand that I must keep usage of this disk to
a minimum... so I plan to install all software somewhere else (I've
browsed several discussions and moving the "Program Files" folder to
another disk seems to be out of the question).

(I don't care much about "ill-behaved" apps that will "think" they're
installed on "C:\program files" because my XP is in spanish and the
folder name is "C:\Archivos de programa" anyway, so if the app is ill-
behaved, it won't work, period, no matter where the folder really is)

Any hints to keep this 9 GB disk's usage to a minimum?

I'm hoping the SCSI will help in having, faster boot up time, and
faster virtual memory access (I'm planning to install 1 GB RAM)

Should I leave temp. internet files in there? or move them somewhere
else?

Thank you for any and all suggestions and comments!

You're going through all this just to speed up your boot time and disk
access?

I can guarantee that the time you will spend to research your proposed
solution, assemble the hardware, test it and tweak it will far exceed
the time you will save in booting and disk access over the useful life
of your computer.

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Chris L. wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:27:53 -0700, "Chris L." uol.com.ar>
wrote:

Why? 9GB is too small for most people, and you will almost certainly
be disappointed by not getting the benefits you expect from this.

Usage? Do you mean "usage," or rather how much you store on it? You
can move files elsewhere, but you can't significantly change how much
you use the drive.

It's not entirely out of the question, but I don't recommend doing it.
There is software that searches for and changes the references (in the
registry and elsewhere), but in my experience, none of it is 100%%
reliable,

It's not about saving time, it's about working comfortably. If I lose
three days time, and in exchange I get to work comfortably during the
rest of the "useful life of the computer" then it's a sweet deal don't
you think?

On Jul 26, 12:01 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:

"Chris L." uol.com.ar> wrote in message
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IF the 9gb SCSI drive is a fast model, use it you hold the windows swap
file, and optionally the C:/Windows/Temp directory.

I think that any comfort you gain will exist entirely in your mind.
Nonetheless, if that is how you gain comfort, who am I to stop you?

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Chris L. wrote:

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On Jul 26, 12:22 pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

I don't think 9 GB for "only the operating system" would be too
small... as I said I'll install all software on another larger disk.

Anyway you're right. I'm done considering 9 GB no matter how cheap
that is... I'm looking at 18GB now ($40 on ebay)

The one thing your missing, is even though you install your apps to a
different drive, there may be parts of those installs that must be installed
to the system drive, so it will not be only for the OS, no way around that.

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:33:11 -0700, "Chris L." uol.com.ar>
wrote:

On a single drive system, SCSI has almost no advantages over IDE regarding
speed, certainly nothing that a user would notice..

Where a SCSI and IDE HDD are used, most computers will always look for the
IDE channel first.. in the case of an IDE CD drive, this doesn't matter so
much..

SCSI drives require SCSI interfaces, so unless your computer has an
integrated SCSI interface, you are going to require a SCSI adapter card..

SCSI performance comes into it's own in RAID arrays where multiple drives
(more than three) are daisy chained on one or more cables..

You would do better, and it would cost you far less, to go for a decent IDE
drive if you are looking for a 'sweet deal'

And while you may think that 9gb is ok for XP, it really isn't in practice..

If your computer is slow to start and in general operation, look to cleaning
it up re spyware, Trojans etc..

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