Installing Programs On Separate Drive

[aLeXv305]

Hello everyone. I have a simple noob question. I have two harddrives and was wondering if I install all my applications on a seperate drive will it help boost performance on my computer? For example: instead of installing my programs such as my antivirus, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and such, on my regular C: drive; will my computer be faster overall installing the programs on the D: drive?

 

Thanks

[waterlou]

Hello everyone. I have a simple noob question. I have two harddrives and was wondering if I install all my applications on a seperate drive will it help boost performance on my computer? For example: instead of installing my programs such as my antivirus, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and such, on my regular C: drive; will my computer be faster overall installing the programs on the D: drive?

 

Thanks

 

Welcome. First action is to search the archives for this. I know I did a post on it about 2 weeks ago.

 

Over the years, I have found that putting programs on a separate drive doesn't really improve anything. I am more worried about my data then programs and OS installs anyhow. So those I ALWAYS put on separate faster drives. Now a days, when I do a build, I throw OS on C:, Programs on D: (just a partition of the same drive) on a 40-60GB avg drive and content and media files on a faster drive under M: ... A lot of it is personal preference, but MSFT has done a nice job of managing larger drive spaces over the last 10 years. In addition, drives continue to get faster and faster. Make sure, however, that you put your swapfile on a separate drive - that WILL improve performance.

 

Good luck!