Dedicate OS hard drive

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I was planning on installing a hard drive in my system that would hold only the OS (for easier re-installs in case windows stops working). Does the interface matter that much for the OS? Should I go SATA or go cheaper with IDE? Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[funkrocker049]

Alot of SATA drives are cheaper than their IDE counterparts of similar capacity. I would just go with SATA.

 

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Originally posted by: funkrocker049
Alot of SATA drives are cheaper than their IDE counterparts of similar capacity. I would just go with SATA.

True, but I have an IDE more or less just laying around. I was just wondering if it was worth buying a SATA for the job, $50 ain't much, but is it necessary?

 

[tiggersbowl1]

I do that same exact thing, to be honest.

I use some old xbox hdd that I have from an old xbox I modded and replaced the drive on. They work great, and are small, I usually just leave it in there and disconnect it until i need to mess with reinstalling for whatever reason.

They are 10 gigs, or 8, depending on which brand they are, but they are plenty big for an os to sit on, along with any other programs that you like to have and your drivers too.

I use the drive as sort of a "boot drive", so if something took a turn for the worse, I just pop this baby in and then use it as a copy drive, and then i don't have to mess with sitting around for hours getting windows back on and then setting up all the drivers and other programs I would of had to do otherwise.