[windows2000] Re: OT: SATA Hard Drives

  • From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <daphatbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:52:59 -0800

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 09:10:50 +0100, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> took 
time to say the following:

SS> windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> wrote on :
SS> 
SS> I don't have a problem booting fast enough on my oldie PATA-drives. 8-) If
SS> that's an issue for you, then install the os on the raided SATA-drives. It's
SS> all about how you things setup. Me for instance prefer stability and just
SS> plainly hate to reinstall the os and all the apps, should the raid array
SS> break. It's not the actual work that bothers me, it's the time it takes to
SS> setup eveything again. But that's just me. 8-)

That's probably the biggest possible setback, but while I don't
re-install as much as I use to, it's not a HUGE problem. Sometimes it's
good to start off with a clean slate. :-)


SS> YMMV as they say. 8-)

Yep! 


SS> Out of curiosity, how much faster do you boot on the SATA-drives compared to
SS> the PATA-drives? Are talking minutes or tens of seconds/seconds?

I would say it's faster by a minute or two. Never thought of timing it,
but it was a noticable difference.



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