spencerl
I just bought a new laptop with a 500 gig drive (c drive only).
Should I load music to the c drive or partition another drive (d) for the music that I will load ?
Pros and cons please
Thanks
Should I load music to the c drive or partition another drive (d) for the music that I will load ?
Pros and cons please
Thanks
geposted Thu 19 May 11 @ 7:58 am
A Man and His Music
This is my crazy analysis. I don't want my program and media on the same drive. Yes, it will work, but I want my program to run uninterrupted. Now I know most will not agree with me but, I don't want my drive running the program, and looking for my media at the same time. Drives are cheap, and I have 5 internal drives, (1 for the program, and 4 TB for the media). I am getting ready to upgrade to 8 TB. Even if you partition the drive, it's still one drive. Why make the drive do double duty?
geposted Thu 19 May 11 @ 10:48 am
hippydog
If you will never use windows Restore, then the partition drive is the better idea..
windows restore only leaves alone the files in the user documents, so if you ever put the computer back to a restore point, any music files from that date that is not in a documents folder may be changed back also..
The partitioned drive is better for backing up and syncing files.. IE: you can easily sync or backup the files between drives.. Since VDJ doesnt care about the drive number, and just the folder structure, this means your cue points and tagging will also follow the backup.. (IE: make an exact copy from drive F: to Drive E:)
Also by not having the music on the same drive as the OS, it makes it easier to backup and wipe/clean the OS
windows restore only leaves alone the files in the user documents, so if you ever put the computer back to a restore point, any music files from that date that is not in a documents folder may be changed back also..
The partitioned drive is better for backing up and syncing files.. IE: you can easily sync or backup the files between drives.. Since VDJ doesnt care about the drive number, and just the folder structure, this means your cue points and tagging will also follow the backup.. (IE: make an exact copy from drive F: to Drive E:)
Also by not having the music on the same drive as the OS, it makes it easier to backup and wipe/clean the OS
geposted Thu 19 May 11 @ 5:41 pm