I would choose partitioning, because the performance difference is practically non-existent.

ok,if i choose to do 2 partition on 640gb,then what it will be??
OS:Storage
20:80 or 30:70
which is good for long term??

sorry to ask such a really2 noob question..

i think both also okay coz doesnt make much difference

I am looking for 3.5" 1TB external hdd, which brand is better. Seagate , Buffalo, Maxtor, WD? Range below $400.
Speed is not so important, Reliability is prority.

Seagate Freeagent is reliable or not cause i saw user review from other web said not to buy seagate cause not reliable.

Thinking of buying a buffalo but afraid of their support. My brother bought a buffalo 1TB at Penang PC fair after went back to try, the data save was missing on the 1st try, so send back for warrant. But after 1 month still haven't come back yet. Don't know is the distributor problem or manufacturer problem.

Ya.... performance difference is negligible. Having OS on a seperate HDD is good in a way that if that HDD fails you only need to reinstall your OS while your data is safe. Having it on a different partition is good enough. For me I have a 160GB partition for OS and I almost reinstall my OS every 2 to 3 months to clean away all the junk tts been accumulated.... If you just wan to have oni OS on a partition and install programs and apps on other partitions, 80GB is more than enough.

thanx alot...
more clear right now....

ned some help advice on 2 hdd.....

i'm using 160gb atm and going to buy a WD 640gb hdd.....
my concern is...how should i set up d hdd??will it be any problem bcoz of 2 hdd?

i wanted to make my 640gb bcom my primary (C/D/E drive) and 160gb(F/G drive)........

will this cause any problem??do i ned to follow some procedure??

in need of advice from the sifu sifu here...tq very much!!

U juz have to go bios to set ur 160GB hdd to 2ndary and set the 640GB hdd to primary...

Or mess with the wires.

The only problem I see is with Windows relabelling the drives, because it can't relabel or it will break almost every program, including itself. You will likely have to reinstall Windows, perhaps even repartition.

yup. just go to bios and change

As long as the HDD are sata then just plug in, set the boot HDD from BIOS and you are good to go. If its PATA then u need to set master/slave in the BIOS as well as on the HDD itself. And yes like @everling said, you will need to reinstall OS on the boot HDD.

Anyone have experience with Samsung HDDs? The price for the F1 1TB seems rather tempting for it's speed. but my friend told me it has a lot of RMA issues, though he didn't specify when, just hearsay.

try using this Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0. i use it to do partition, re-labeling, format and so much more. the best thing is you can do it in windows

Ya,im using Acronis too...It works very good to me, at least better than partition magic which cant support vista...

one question here, can i re-label my OS drive? is it possible? coz i have a new cavier black (Currently E drive) and i wanna use it as OS drive. so im planning to re-label my current C drive then change my E to C. confusing

For re-label drive, u dont need Acronis... Juz right click My Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management > right click the drive u want to re-lable > Change Drive Letter...

Hope this can help u...

yup i know that. just that im worried if i re-label my OS drive (C: drive), my OS will be corrupted. will that happen?

1.5TB seagate which batches have problem?

Nope...Dont worry, i tried it before....

iirc, only 500gb and 1Tb is affected with the firmware problem. 1.5Tb i dont think its affected but not sure if it has any other problem