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I just installed a Maxtor 71626 hard drive in my computer. This is a 1.5 GB
hard drive running at about 4500 RPM. I am planning to use it to back up
data but I had a few questions.

I am placing it in a really fast 3.2 (w/overclock) machine with 1 Gig of
RAM. Other than at bootup will this slow old hard drive impact performance
(I also have a 160GB SATA drive)?

When I installed it I forgot to set it to slave so my set up now works like
this: Boot to Lilo on 1.5 GB Hard Drive ----> Boot to Windows XP or Linux
(different partitions) on the 160GB Hard Drive?

If in the case of the hard drive dying, will just reinstalling Linux,
thereby reinstalling LILO fix everything, if I install LILO on the 160 GB
Hard Drive?

Lastly, I am not planning to do this, but is there any way putting my
virtual memory for Windows on the 1.5 GB hard drive a good idea?

I'm surprised enough I got it all installed and working.

"Andrew Watiker" <> wrote in message
news:E7uuc.12455$ et...
> I just installed a Maxtor 71626 hard drive in my computer. This is a 1.5
GB
> hard drive running at about 4500 RPM. I am planning to use it to back up
> data but I had a few questions.
>
> I am placing it in a really fast 3.2 (w/overclock) machine with 1 Gig of
> RAM. Other than at bootup will this slow old hard drive impact
performance
> (I also have a 160GB SATA drive)?

Shouldn't impact it's performance at all.

>
> When I installed it I forgot to set it to slave so my set up now works
like
> this: Boot to Lilo on 1.5 GB Hard Drive ----> Boot to Windows XP or Linux
> (different partitions) on the 160GB Hard Drive?
>
> If in the case of the hard drive dying, will just reinstalling Linux,
> thereby reinstalling LILO fix everything, if I install LILO on the 160 GB
> Hard Drive?

I'll let a Linux guru answer that one.

>
> Lastly, I am not planning to do this, but is there any way putting my
> virtual memory for Windows on the 1.5 GB hard drive a good idea?

Sure. You can tell windows to put the paging file on that drive, but for
god's sake, don't do it. You don't want your paging file on such a slow
drive. Virtual memory is slow enough as it is, without putting it on an old
4500rpm drive.

>
> I'm surprised enough I got it all installed and working.

IDE controllers in general have great backward compatibility. I have an old
Maxtor 212MB drive that functions perfectly beside my 120GB Seagate. Hooked
it up once just for kicks.

What it really was that surprised me though was that I figured out the
soultion to a "missing operating system message". I guess I've spent to
much time on these machines.

"Thor" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Andrew Watiker" <> wrote in message
> news:E7uuc.12455$ et...
> > I just installed a Maxtor 71626 hard drive in my computer. This is a
1.5
> GB
> > hard drive running at about 4500 RPM. I am planning to use it to back
up
> > data but I had a few questions.
> >
> > I am placing it in a really fast 3.2 (w/overclock) machine with 1 Gig of
> > RAM. Other than at bootup will this slow old hard drive impact
> performance
> > (I also have a 160GB SATA drive)?
>
> Shouldn't impact it's performance at all.
>
> >
> > When I installed it I forgot to set it to slave so my set up now works
> like
> > this: Boot to Lilo on 1.5 GB Hard Drive ----> Boot to Windows XP or
Linux
> > (different partitions) on the 160GB Hard Drive?
> >
> > If in the case of the hard drive dying, will just reinstalling Linux,
> > thereby reinstalling LILO fix everything, if I install LILO on the 160
GB
> > Hard Drive?
>
> I'll let a Linux guru answer that one.
>
> >
> > Lastly, I am not planning to do this, but is there any way putting my
> > virtual memory for Windows on the 1.5 GB hard drive a good idea?
>
> Sure. You can tell windows to put the paging file on that drive, but for
> god's sake, don't do it. You don't want your paging file on such a slow
> drive. Virtual memory is slow enough as it is, without putting it on an
old
> 4500rpm drive.
>
> >
> > I'm surprised enough I got it all installed and working.
>
> IDE controllers in general have great backward compatibility. I have an
old
> Maxtor 212MB drive that functions perfectly beside my 120GB Seagate.
Hooked
> it up once just for kicks.
>
>

What it really was that surprised me though was that I figured out the
soultion to a "missing operating system message". I guess I've spent to
much time on these machines.

"Thor" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Andrew Watiker" <> wrote in message
> news:E7uuc.12455$ et...
> > I just installed a Maxtor 71626 hard drive in my computer. This is a
1.5
> GB
> > hard drive running at about 4500 RPM. I am planning to use it to back
up
> > data but I had a few questions.
> >
> > I am placing it in a really fast 3.2 (w/overclock) machine with 1 Gig of
> > RAM. Other than at bootup will this slow old hard drive impact
> performance
> > (I also have a 160GB SATA drive)?
>
> Shouldn't impact it's performance at all.
>
> >
> > When I installed it I forgot to set it to slave so my set up now works
> like
> > this: Boot to Lilo on 1.5 GB Hard Drive ----> Boot to Windows XP or
Linux
> > (different partitions) on the 160GB Hard Drive?
> >
> > If in the case of the hard drive dying, will just reinstalling Linux,
> > thereby reinstalling LILO fix everything, if I install LILO on the 160
GB
> > Hard Drive?
>
> I'll let a Linux guru answer that one.
>
> >
> > Lastly, I am not planning to do this, but is there any way putting my
> > virtual memory for Windows on the 1.5 GB hard drive a good idea?
>
> Sure. You can tell windows to put the paging file on that drive, but for
> god's sake, don't do it. You don't want your paging file on such a slow
> drive. Virtual memory is slow enough as it is, without putting it on an
old
> 4500rpm drive.
>
> >
> > I'm surprised enough I got it all installed and working.
>
> IDE controllers in general have great backward compatibility. I have an
old
> Maxtor 212MB drive that functions perfectly beside my 120GB Seagate.
Hooked
> it up once just for kicks.
>
>

Sorry about my double post, my ISP has really bad news servers.
"Andrew Watiker" <> wrote in message
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> What it really was that surprised me though was that I figured out the
> soultion to a "missing operating system message". I guess I've spent to
> much time on these machines.
>
> "Thor" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > "Andrew Watiker" <> wrote in message
> > news:E7uuc.12455$ et...
> > > I just installed a Maxtor 71626 hard drive in my computer. This is a
> 1.5
> > GB
> > > hard drive running at about 4500 RPM. I am planning to use it to back
> up
> > > data but I had a few questions.
> > >
> > > I am placing it in a really fast 3.2 (w/overclock) machine with 1 Gig
of
> > > RAM. Other than at bootup will this slow old hard drive impact
> > performance
> > > (I also have a 160GB SATA drive)?
> >
> > Shouldn't impact it's performance at all.
> >
> > >
> > > When I installed it I forgot to set it to slave so my set up now works
> > like
> > > this: Boot to Lilo on 1.5 GB Hard Drive ----> Boot to Windows XP or
> Linux
> > > (different partitions) on the 160GB Hard Drive?
> > >
> > > If in the case of the hard drive dying, will just reinstalling Linux,
> > > thereby reinstalling LILO fix everything, if I install LILO on the 160
> GB
> > > Hard Drive?
> >
> > I'll let a Linux guru answer that one.
> >
> > >
> > > Lastly, I am not planning to do this, but is there any way putting my
> > > virtual memory for Windows on the 1.5 GB hard drive a good idea?
> >
> > Sure. You can tell windows to put the paging file on that drive, but for
> > god's sake, don't do it. You don't want your paging file on such a slow
> > drive. Virtual memory is slow enough as it is, without putting it on an
> old
> > 4500rpm drive.
> >
> > >
> > > I'm surprised enough I got it all installed and working.
> >
> > IDE controllers in general have great backward compatibility. I have an
> old
> > Maxtor 212MB drive that functions perfectly beside my 120GB Seagate.
> Hooked
> > it up once just for kicks.
> >
> >
>
>