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#1 biosc1
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So based on some of the links here that were provided, it looks like I'd be fine with a with a the Core 2 Duo and DDR2 800 as long as I have the timings set properly. Correct?duncanr2n
You probably will not notice the difference between really expensive RAM and cheaper RAM. I've always run ValueRAM in my systems and I've never felt like it was the "issue" that was holding me back.
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#2 biosc1
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What you have is good. Set the other drives to "no paging file" and you'll be good to go.
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#3 biosc1
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Partitions doesn't count. Putting the paging file on a different partition on the same drive still leaves the paging file on the same physical drive, lmhansen
Right, but I believe we were talking about his non-OS drive.
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Nah, you can still use the drive that has the pagefile on it. Though, what I tend to do is make a partition on the drive at about the 2-3Gb size and then create the pagefile in there. That helps prevent fragmentation (though, I'm not sure if that occurs when it is not a dynamic page file).
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#5 biosc1
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Hmm...I thought you could skip formatting of the drive, if it was already formatted before? Been awhile since I've installed on a freshly pre-formatted disk, so I wouldn't know for sure. Sadly, I spend too much of my time in Virtual PC world.
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#6 biosc1
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I always create a new small partition for my pagefile that way windows is definately confined to a small part of the drive, I also never set a maximum because when you use a memory intensive program Windows will want to use all of your RAM and whatever space it can allocate for launching and changing of the program.aft_lizard01
Well, Windows is a greedy beast. If you don't set a maximum, you'll notice that your page file usage will be going up even though Windows hasn't even neared using the maximum amount of physical RAM you have installed. By forcing a maximum limit, you force Windows to use a higher amount of RAM

As for the OP's fastest drive, just choose the one that doesn't have Windows installed on it.

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#7 biosc1
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[QUOTE="Large_Soda"] What you would want to do is create a 2nd partition on the other drive first, because you cannot install Windows without a format of some sort. .

Right, but I was assuming that the disk is already formatted because he will be backing up his stuff to it before installing the OS onto it. You are right, though, a nice OS partition is always a good precaution.
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#8 biosc1
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Silly question, but you did plug a power plug into the hard drives, right?
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#9 biosc1
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Yah, a disk doesn't need to be formatted to be bootable. Just remove you old drive, then install the new OS. Heck, you can even keep your old drive, but windows will detect the old installation as well, which can confuse you a little when you boot up and are presented with 2 OS's to choose from.
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#10 biosc1
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Copy all the stuff you want to your other drive. Then, when you go to install your new OS, don't choose to format the drive, just choose to install to the selected location. It'll install without formatting. That'll get you going for now. Though, you might think about buying a new drive in the future and doing a new install onto it. It's always nice to have a least 2 drives just incase something like this happens again.