The Advantages of Using Multiple Hard Drives in a PC

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The Advantages of Using Multiple Hard Drives in a PC More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by James Bowater | permalink
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Most business PCs come standard with a single hard drive that's more than large enough for the typical user at work. However, in some cases, a single drive may not be the best choice for your ...

For further reading: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-using-multiple-hard-drives-pc-47340.html ^[1]

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Why Multiple Hard Drives.... More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Gosia Pasternak - Mc Murry | permalink
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I have a factory built comp and want to try my first homebuild. Could you guys explain a few things about harddrives...First, I have a 160GB harddrive and dont use even 20% of it....why would I need

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/192284-32-multiple-hard-drives ^[2]

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How to Use Multiple Hard Drives on Your Computer More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Paola Fini | permalink
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How to Use Multiple Hard Drives on Your Computer from Overstock™. Need more storage on your desktop computer? Follow these steps to add another hard drive.
Tags: hard drives,external hard drive,internal hard drive,hard disk,drive,multiple hard drives

For further reading: http://www.overstock.com/guides/how-to-use-multiple-hard-drives ^[3]

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7 Tips For Using Multiple Hard Drives With Windows More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by H Memon | permalink
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Install a new hard drive and all Windows will do is give you an empty drive letter. If you have a small solid-state drive and a larger mechanical hard drive — or just two large drives — these tips will help you put that additional drive to use.

For further reading: http://www.howtogeek.com/172545/7-tips-for-using-multiple-hard-drives-with-windows/ ^[4]

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Multiple hard drives working together: All about RAID setups More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Brian Marshall | permalink
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Stevey, admittedly confused regarding the benefits of RAID arrays, asked the Answer Line forum to explain these hard-drive groups.

For further reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026358/multiple-hard-drives-working-together-all-about-raids.html ^[5]

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SSD vs. HDD: What's the Difference? More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Jan Dob | permalink
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A hard drive is a hard drive, right? Not exactly. We lay out the differences between SSD and HDD storage to help you figure out which type is the best choice.
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For further reading: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404258,00.asp ^[6]

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Advantages/Disadvantages of Partitioning a Drive More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by FULLER Katherine | permalink
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I have a 100GB hard drive in my Win XP Pro desktop. I use an external 250GB drive for backups, and am wondering if there would be any advantages to partitioning my internal hard drive. I understand

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/36378/advantages-disadvantages-of-partitioning-a-drive ^[7]

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How do multiple hard drives speed up PC performance? More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Manuel Goytortua | permalink
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In an answer to my question on hardware specs for a new computer the author wrote: A single HDD is not going to give you fast IO performance. and suggested that I get a second hard drive,

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/60524/how-do-multiple-hard-drives-speed-up-pc-performance ^[8]

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References & Citations

1. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-using-multiple-hard-drives-pc-47340.html

2. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/192284-32-multiple-hard-drives

3. http://www.overstock.com/guides/how-to-use-multiple-hard-drives

4. http://www.howtogeek.com/172545/7-tips-for-using-multiple-hard-drives-with-windows/

5. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026358/multiple-hard-drives-working-together-all-about-raids.html

6. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404258,00.asp

7. http://superuser.com/questions/36378/advantages-disadvantages-of-partitioning-a-drive

8. http://superuser.com/questions/60524/how-do-multiple-hard-drives-speed-up-pc-performance