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Use 2nd HDD for storage?

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Hey guys,

I've been dual-booting with 2 HDDs (one OS on each) and I was wondering if I should just use Win 7 on one HDD with small applications and store everything else on 2nd HDD? Would that speed up my boot time considerably? By considerably, I'm thinking 5-10 seconds? Because the primary OS (Vista) has only 100 GB of about 225 free...while Win 7 has 200+ free...so maybe keep Win 7, re-format other HDD and install apps there from now on?
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Yes that would work. It may speed up your boot time if you short stroke the hard drive.
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Yep, first hdd short stroke 50/60gb for OS and second hdd for pure storage. Your boot time will decrease.
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Would the same thing work with creating 2 partition's on each HDD (60 GB, 190gb) and (250 gb) so the 60 GB goes for OS, the 190 and 250 for storage?
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OK, so small applications (Firefox, etc) on my OS drive (max 50-60GBs) on my primary drive and use up the secondary drive to the max? Big increase in time? My OS is corrupted...that's why I'm asking.
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