Which HD should I use for C: and Data:?

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I'm planning on building a computer. I thought I'd get a motherboard with
SATA support. Since the prices for SATA drives aren't that much more than a
comparable ATA, I guess I may as well buy a SATA for the new system.
Question is, if I buy a 80G SATA drive while still utilizing a 30G ATA drive
from existing computer, which should I use as the C: and Data drive? Since
SATA load a little bit faster, would I benefit from it being the drive where
W2K and other programs load or the drive where data load? Or does it even
matter?
Would anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for your opinion.
 
Roblobster said:
I'm planning on building a computer. I thought I'd get a motherboard with
SATA support. Since the prices for SATA drives aren't that much more than a
comparable ATA, I guess I may as well buy a SATA for the new system.
Question is, if I buy a 80G SATA drive while still utilizing a 30G ATA drive
from existing computer, which should I use as the C: and Data drive? Since
SATA load a little bit faster, would I benefit from it being the drive where
W2K and other programs load or the drive where data load? Or does it even
matter?
Would anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you for your opinion.
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It depends. If you have lots of data transactions (e.g. heavy database
work) then your data should reside on the fast disk. On the other
hand, if you want your programs (e.g. Excel) to load really snappily
then your system should reside on the fast disk.

Regardless of the above criteria, my preference is always to run
a fairly standard machine, with C: being the system drive and D:
being the data drive. You will probably find that quite a few programs
will install some bits in C:, even if the system and all apps reside
on D:. This is a nuisance: There should be one and only one
directory called "\Program Files" on a PC, not two!
 
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