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Currently I have my windows installation on a 40gb ide drive, I'm also using an 80gb sata drive as a general purpose additional. I'm wondering if I create a new windows install on the sata drive to use instead will I notice any resonable performance increase with respect to the speed of programs etc?
There is probably a measurable difference but probably not noticeable.
What are the 2 drives? Makes and models please.
u wont SEE the difference man it may be just 5ms or 10ms which is unnoticeable by human brain. if u really want to see a change compare ur results with that of the SCSI HDD(like the one i have) then and only then u can see the difference
Yes you will.
I had exactly the same set up and the Sata drive is notiocable snappier. I assume its a 7200 rpm model.
But as Virtial Body said it will depend on the models mostly I think the rpm.
I now have an 80 gig Sata for my C drive XP and Programs etc
And a 160 gig Sata as a physical D drive to store data eg pics and videos etc.
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Digby
Make sure you have a Sata/Raid floppy disk for your mobo unless it is a late model one.
You will need to stop XP setup early on by pressing F6 (I think)
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Digby
Sata IS better, but depends on which one. If you are using a standard 7200rpm HDD w/ Sata 1, and IDE 133, then probably not. However, if you have a 10,000 rpm SATA 2 and an IDE 33, you would notice a BIG difference.
I have dad windows installed on an IDE 100 drive and Currently on a WD Raptor 10,000 RPM and I DO notice a difference.
You will note the difference!, the SATA controller "frees" a lot the resources of the PC...