2nd Drive

Willbo · 28 Sep 2008 at 18:39

I'm hoping to upgrade/get a new build for my dying PC in the next month or so, and I always like to have a second drive in my machine for storing my documents, photos, mp3s and downloads etc.

I currently have a 500gig SATA drive in my machine for this, I'm just wondering whether this is the best option, or would it be better to have an external enclosure with hard drive in for a back up drive?

jimmy29 · 28 Sep 2008 at 19:19

Unless you have a need to move the hard drive then I'd keep the internal one. Much faster and neater.

RJC · 28 Sep 2008 at 21:11

How do you normaly back-up your data, I have 2 hd in my machine one for Windows and programmes the other for all my documents.
I have a 1TB Samsung in a external caddy which I use for backing up the operating system and my document using Acronis.

Willbo · 28 Sep 2008 at 22:20

RJC said:
How do you normaly back-up your data, I have 2 hd in my machine one for Windows and programmes the other for all my documents.
I have a 1TB Samsung in a external caddy which I use for backing up the operating system and my document using Acronis.

Thats not a bad idea, especially with the price of HDDs now.
At the moment, I keep a copy of my documents on the 2nd drive, keep all my pictures/mps/drivers etc on the 2nd