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Data swap suggestion
« on: April 22, 2005, 11:07:00 PM »
Ok, for many reasons i have decided to swap my main HDD, and my secondary HDD. Heres my setup

Primary HDD 40GIG: Home to the operating system, downloads, nothing else really.

Secondary HDD, 20GIG: Home to 10G worth of Mp3's, porno, videos, etc.

I keep all my data except the dloads on the secondary to make formats easier and help prevent data loss. Well i cant jeep the dloads on it because its almost full. So the logical thing is to make the 20G a primary and put all the data on the bigger drive. I take on an addition 20-30 mp3s per day and that drive is the home target for my FTP so its getting full.

I have no third drive to hold the ~19G it needs too to swap the data too while i format them and do my thing. So i was thinking of making a folder on the 40G, moving the information over. Then physically swap the drives, install XP on the 20GIG. Then i would have to just delete the windows files from the 40G because i wont have room on the 20G anymore to move the files too in order to format the 40G.

Anyone got a better idea? I considered online storage but finding the space and actually uploading it would take forever. Thats ALOT of shit to upload, it takes long enough across IDE....
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Data swap suggestion
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2005, 12:27:18 PM »
>>Anyone got a better idea?

hard disk space is cheap, you could get another 40GB for $30 - $40. Or spend a little more and get 100-200GB in the $80-$110 range and replace both drives with one. Separate your stuff from your OS with partitions and formatting and reinstalling is just as easy.

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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2005, 12:45:51 PM »
The reason im not doing partitions and such is i have no recourse if i loose the data, and i have alot of music at stake here. As for the HDD, i found a solution. I have a friends pc here for repair i have to format it anyway, so im going to wipe it and use it as thirs party. Thnx for the reply though : )

PS: i know space is cheap, but i dont have the cash to spend rite now...
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