Slower HDD's Slowing Down Faster HDDs


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My Old Setup:

C: Primary (5,400 RPM) @ 16 Gb

D: Secondary (Unknown RPM) @ 200 Mb

Apparently, the 200 Mb HDD slowed down the 5,400 RPM drive, so I upgraded to:

C: Primary (5,400 RPM) @ 16 Gb

D: Secondary (7,200 RPM) @ 40 Gb

So, is my 5,400 RPM drive slowing down my 7,200 PRM drive?

Thank you :D

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I'm experienced when it comes to Software (Windows/Games etc.) but I'm a complete newbie when it comes to hardware. Can you (or anyone) give me a more informative description please?

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hum...how could i word this......

you knwo the cable u plug the HD to?? well if both HD are connected to the same cable then it will slow down your other HD, but a good way to go around this is to plug your ftp HD to the other cable (there should be 2 of them, one going to your HD and one to ur CD drives)

here what it will look like

________ C: Drive as a master

/

Primary cable------

________ nothing or CD Drive as a Slave

______ D: Drive as Master (or slave)

/

Secondary cable-------

______ CD Drive as Slave (or master)

hope that will help...

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I think the formatting messed up when you posted :) Could you MSN/ICQ me please, or post an image instead? Thanx for your help!

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Is there a program that will test the performance of the drives? It's save having to open the case :D

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