Windows on an old harddrive

jim5000

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I currently have windows installed on my old 40gig drive. Games and everything else are installed on new sata drives. I have windows on the old ide because i dont have a floppydrive so can't install windows on to a sata drive.

When looking at the harddrive in diagnostic programs, the windows drive is really rubbish compared to the new ones. It has a 1mb cache (compared to 4 & 8)!!

Would getting a fast drive for windows make much difference to general usuage speed? Would the computer start windows and other programs significantly faster?

If it would, is there any free programs that clone one harddrive onto another (so i could just buy a new drive and not have to install windows again)?
 
Why not create a XP install CD with the SATA drivers slipstreamed using nLite?
It's extremly easy!
Thanks to nLite you don't need a floppy for anything including installing windows on a SATA or SCSI drive.

You should partition your newer and faster SATA drive for windows, programs&Games and storage.

Here is the link mate:

http://www.nliteos.com/

And yes having your OS, programs&Games on your fastest Hd is very important for system speed/responsiveness and yes games, apps will load much faster.
 
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