I have a question about running a second hard drive.
So, I have two hard drives running in my computer. The hard drive that initially came with it has an old copy of Windows XP x64 bit. This is a version of the OS that I don't want to get rid of. I've always found XP very stable, reliable, and fast -- especially when it's running off 8 gigs of RAM like I have now. Not wanting to let it go, I bought a second hard drive and installed Windows 7 64-bit on it.
My PC is pretty good. It's got a GTX 460 graphics card, and like I said, 8 gigs of RAM, and two hard drives both 1TB each. One thing I noticed that when I had to go into Disk Management to set up the second hard drive, I had to format it. I took note of the fact that the hard drive Windows XP was installed on said (System) next to the name of it. The drive that would house Windows 7 didn't have that.
My question is, if I were to switch these drives around and have the Windows 7 now be the (System) drive, would I get increased performance?
Sometimes, SOMETIMES, the 7 drive will chug and be sort of annoying when I want to play video games on it, Plus Microsoft gave my Windows 7 a rating of 5.9. I was disappointed to see that as I am 100% positive that Windows 7 would perform without a hitch.
So, again, if I switched these two drives around would there be an increased performance from the Windows 7 hard drive or will it not make the slightest difference?
Thanks!
So, I have two hard drives running in my computer. The hard drive that initially came with it has an old copy of Windows XP x64 bit. This is a version of the OS that I don't want to get rid of. I've always found XP very stable, reliable, and fast -- especially when it's running off 8 gigs of RAM like I have now. Not wanting to let it go, I bought a second hard drive and installed Windows 7 64-bit on it.
My PC is pretty good. It's got a GTX 460 graphics card, and like I said, 8 gigs of RAM, and two hard drives both 1TB each. One thing I noticed that when I had to go into Disk Management to set up the second hard drive, I had to format it. I took note of the fact that the hard drive Windows XP was installed on said (System) next to the name of it. The drive that would house Windows 7 didn't have that.
My question is, if I were to switch these drives around and have the Windows 7 now be the (System) drive, would I get increased performance?
Sometimes, SOMETIMES, the 7 drive will chug and be sort of annoying when I want to play video games on it, Plus Microsoft gave my Windows 7 a rating of 5.9. I was disappointed to see that as I am 100% positive that Windows 7 would perform without a hitch.
So, again, if I switched these two drives around would there be an increased performance from the Windows 7 hard drive or will it not make the slightest difference?
Thanks!
