On 2003-09-17 06:09, Counterparts wrote:
Another tip re: having two HDDs is to have the swap file on the 'other' drive (i.e. not the drive which has the OS installation).
Every little helps...
Royston
What MUST be avoided is to have swapfile on the same disk where audio files are recorded and played.
Fundamentally, is the task of audio rec and play that must be on a disk free from any other contemporary task.
So I would suggest, if you have 2HD's, to put the swapfile on the first partition AFTER C:,on the OS disk.
As I use to have a swap tray for the OS disk, so I can use different installations for different tasks and also I have a ready to use Installation to replace if I'm working and something goes wrong, I save all song data (.all or .cpr, .pro, non resident samples, audio files) in the audio HD in the same folder. This stuff is then transfered on cd's (double copy) when that song is finished.
This way, if I change OS disk, where also programs are installed, I can keep on working on a project.
I have also a partition on the Audio HD (as it is common for all installations loaded) where I put all those files that are very useful for all the different installations plus a ready to recovery ghost image. It doesn't do absolutely nothing bad as it is not accessed while playing and recording.
It works very well.
