Two Hard Drives
Question: If I use my second hard drive for data, will it make a noticeable speed increase in everyday computer use? Do I need to do anything besides moving my documents to the partition on the second drive? Should I also move my program files to the second hard drive?
Floyd Cornell
Answer: Moving data from one drive to another should result in at least a slight speed increase since you are sharing the load at least a little between the separate drives.
Moving the data is relatively simple since you just need to move the files themselves. I have pages on how to get Microsoft Word to automatically save to the new drive and how to actually transfer the entire "My Documents" folder to the new drive.
Moving your application programs involves more work since there will be a number of references in the registry that need changing as well. Unless you have a program designed for moving software between drives it would probably be easier to uninstall and reinstall any software that you decide to move.
