Which HDD to use for which OS

Post by **Azgard** » 06 Nov 2006, 12:32

My question doesn't seem to fit into any section nicely, so it will just have to do fine here.

I'm getting new parts today so am going to have to reinstall Windows and Ubuntu so trying to get the optimal configuration.

I've currently got a Western Digital SATA I 200GB and a Hitachi SATA II 250GB.

I was thinking of having Windows on one drive and then Ubuntu on the other, so then if one drive fails I can easily still have access to my system. But the problem with this is I'm going to be using each OS pretty often so would like them both to work as fast as possible. Meaning I should really have them both on one drive, separate partitions obviously.

So what do you guys think? Windows and Ubuntu on the Hitachi, or Windows on one and Ubuntu on the other?

novio · Post by **novio** » 06 Nov 2006, 17:41

I think you should just install the OSs on the 200GB and leave the larger one for your slave media drive... Thats wat Ive done.

Post by **Azgard** » 06 Nov 2006, 17:44

The thing is, the larger harddrive is SATA II, while this doesn't make much different at the moment, I have tested that harddrive and it is quite a lot faster than the 200 GB. So I would like to boot off the faster one.

Judas · Post by **Judas** » 06 Nov 2006, 18:23

It's a matter of preference really - personally, I would install both operating systems on the SATA II drive for that extra bit of speed. Just remember to install Windows before installing Ubuntu, or else Windows will overwrite GRUB with its own boot loader...

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 06 Nov 2006, 18:38

I'm with Judas on this one.....

druedd · Post by **druedd** » 06 Nov 2006, 21:19

Personal choice, preferrably load both on 1 and keep one drive for media

Regards