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Hey there,

My HD is partitioned

C: 5gig (1.8 free)

D: 25gig(15 free)



How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hey there,
>
> My HD is partitioned
>
> C: 5gig (1.8 free)
>
> D: 25gig(15 free)
>
>
>
> How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
>
Are these two physical disks or are they partitions on the same physical
drive?

If it is on the same physical drive, I'd opt for the larger free space. If
it is a separate physical drive, I'd opt for the one without the operating
system.

If you only have one physical drive, have you considered adding a second
drive to your system? Moving your data to a separate physical drive and
setting up a swap area there makes a big difference in performance. Big
drives are relatively inexpensive: I've seen a 120 Gb with a highspeed
controller for around US$130 at a local member warehouse. Comparable pricing
on 'net too. You can also shop garage sales, etc and pick up a spare 20 - 30
Gig and use it just for swap space. If you do this with Microsoft operating
systems, you'll get a big performance boost. I don't know enough about Mac
to know if this works for tem as well.

"Tin Ear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:btlm4k$8kabe$(E-Mail Removed)...
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> >
> > Hey there,
> >
> > My HD is partitioned
> >
> > C: 5gig (1.8 free)
> >
> > D: 25gig(15 free)
> >
> >
> >
> > How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
> >
> Are these two physical disks or are they partitions on the same physical
> drive?
>
> If it is on the same physical drive, I'd opt for the larger free space. If
> it is a separate physical drive, I'd opt for the one without the operating
> system.
>
> If you only have one physical drive, have you considered adding a second
> drive to your system? Moving your data to a separate physical drive and
> setting up a swap area there makes a big difference in performance. Big
> drives are relatively inexpensive: I've seen a 120 Gb with a highspeed
> controller for around US$130 at a local member warehouse. Comparable
pricing
> on 'net too. You can also shop garage sales, etc and pick up a spare 20 -
30
> Gig and use it just for swap space. If you do this with Microsoft
operating
> systems, you'll get a big performance boost. I don't know enough about Mac
> to know if this works for tem as well.

hey thanks for that,

Im on a laptop with one drive partitioned.
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>

RTFM perhaps?
IDE hard drives have uniqueness in their need to do one operation at a time.
Beter to have 2 different drives, not different partitions.
RTFM
ABC

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hey there,
>
> My HD is partitioned
>
> C: 5gig (1.8 free)
>
> D: 25gig(15 free)
>
>
>
> How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
>
>

D: first, C: second.


"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hey there,
>
> My HD is partitioned
>
> C: 5gig (1.8 free)
>
> D: 25gig(15 free)
>
>
>
> How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
>
>

Start out with a bigger hard drive. You have such a puny drive for today's
standard and you can pickup up 80 gig for the price of a movie and popcorn
if you look for sales. Even less if you ask around since a lot of people
have 40 and 80 drives laying in drawers. I have 2 a Maxtor and a Western
Digital almost new since upgrading to a 200 gig and a 250 gig since I do a
lot of video editing.



"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hey there,
>
> My HD is partitioned
>
> C: 5gig (1.8 free)
>
> D: 25gig(15 free)
>
>
>
> How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
>
>

thanks Brian.

"Brian K" <iibntgyea4_ remove_this_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> D: first, C: second.
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>
> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:btlm4k$8kabe$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >
> > Hey there,
> >
> > My HD is partitioned
> >
> > C: 5gig (1.8 free)
> >
> > D: 25gig(15 free)
> >
> >
> >
> > How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
> >
> >
>
>

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Tin Ear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:btlm4k$8kabe$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey there,
> > >
> > > My HD is partitioned
> > >
> > > C: 5gig (1.8 free)
> > >
> > > D: 25gig(15 free)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
> > >
> > Are these two physical disks or are they partitions on the same physical
> > drive?
> >
> > If it is on the same physical drive, I'd opt for the larger free space.
If
> > it is a separate physical drive, I'd opt for the one without the
operating
> > system.
> >
> > If you only have one physical drive, have you considered adding a second
> > drive to your system? Moving your data to a separate physical drive and
> > setting up a swap area there makes a big difference in performance. Big
> > drives are relatively inexpensive: I've seen a 120 Gb with a highspeed
> > controller for around US$130 at a local member warehouse. Comparable
> pricing
> > on 'net too. You can also shop garage sales, etc and pick up a spare
20 -
> 30
> > Gig and use it just for swap space. If you do this with Microsoft
> operating
> > systems, you'll get a big performance boost. I don't know enough about
Mac
> > to know if this works for tem as well.
>
> hey thanks for that,
>
> Im on a laptop with one drive partitioned.
> >
> >
You could add a second physical drive by buying an external USB or FireWire
connect drive. When installed, you OS sees these as a local drive, not a
removable drive. As with any peripheral, you get what you pay for in terms
of storage and reliability. Mileage varies a lot on this, so I'll stay away
from suggesting a brand. Pick your price point and see how much you can get
for your money.

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 02:44:09 -0800, "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>
>Hey there,
>
>My HD is partitioned
>
>C: 5gig (1.8 free)
>
>D: 25gig(15 free)
>
>
>
>How should I set it up in PSCS for best performance?
>
There's little point in putting scratch areas on a partition of the
same drive Photoshop is on, since it just means that the HD head is
going to be fetching from one place and writing data to another
location on the same drive, taking considerable time in the process.
The correct solution is to define the scratch area on another,
preferably defragmented drive. Ideally, a dedicated drive for this
purpose will allow simple housecleaning.

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:38:51 -0800, "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>Im on a laptop with one drive partitioned.
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On a laptop, you can add an external USB2 or SCSI drive--I've got 3
hanging on my laptop.