Do smaller drives boot faster?

[Guest]

Hello,

I have put together an AMD X2 4200 CPU machine that currently has a
320gig Sata2 drive and 1gig of memory. If I had add a smaller (say
80gig) sata2 drive and just put OS (WinXP) and programs on it and put
all data files on the 320gig, will that give me a performance boost?

Thanks,
Shane

 

[De Moni]

I have put together an AMD X2 4200 CPU machine that currently has a
320gig Sata2 drive and 1gig of memory. If I had add a smaller (say
80gig) sata2 drive and just put OS (WinXP) and programs on it and put
all data files on the 320gig, will that give me a performance boost?

Depends if that smaller drive has faster seek times/transfer rates.
Otherwise I don't think so.

 

[Rod Speed]

Nope, usually slower.

I have put together an AMD X2 4200 CPU machine that currently has a 320gig Sata2 drive and 1gig of
memory. If I had add a smaller (say
80gig) sata2 drive and just put OS (WinXP) and programs on it and put all data files on the
320gig, will that give me a performance boost?

It'll likely make the boot time worse, because it would most likely have
a lower sectors per track and thats what matters in that situation.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hello,

I have put together an AMD X2 4200 CPU machine that currently has a
320gig Sata2 drive and 1gig of memory. If I had add a smaller (say
80gig) sata2 drive and just put OS (WinXP) and programs on it and put
all data files on the 320gig, will that give me a performance boost?

Not really. If the smaller uses platters with less cpacity, it
will actually be slower. Other than that, seek times are not that
dependent on distance today.

In addition, most of the boot-time is hardware (re-)detection and
the like anywasy. A faster drive does nothing for that.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Nope, usually slower.
Nonsense.




It'll likely make the boot time worse,

because it would most likely have a lower sectors per track

Not if it is of the same model range.

and thats what matters in that situation.

Probably not even that either.
More likely the number of files in directories and where
the OS files reside on the drive and whether data files
and operating system files are loaded simultaniously.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Not really.
If the smaller uses platters with less cpacity, it will actually be slower.

Other than that, seek times are not that dependent on distance today.

Not since steppermotor drives, no.

In addition, most of the boot-time is hardware (re-)detection and
the like anywasy.

A faster drive does nothing for that.

Good that it isn't all 'hardware (re-)detection' then.

 

[Rod Speed]

Nonsense.

We'll see...

Not if it is of the same model range.

Rather unlikely and thats why I used the word USUALLY, ****wit.

Probably not even that either.

Wrong, as always.

More likely the number of files in directories and where
the OS files reside on the drive and whether data files
and operating system files are loaded simultaniously.

You have to assume those are the same when considering the size of the drive, ****wit.

 

[Jack]

If you make RAID-10 with 6x100gig
it will be faster than that 320gig drive.
Then YES.