Belated thanks to John, Ron and Dick for their advice. Much appreciated. Regards, Dennis Murphy. ------ Forwarded Message > From: "Richard M. Kriss" <rmkriss at sbcglobal.net> > Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:42:09 -0500 > To: G4-List <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Re: Master vs Slave HDs & OSX > > Dennis, > > I had the same question when I replaced my 30 GB (master)/40 GB combination > with a new 200 GB drive. I was told it really did not matter. I did a CCC > backup of the 30 to the 40, then removed the 30 GB hard drive and replaced > it with the 200 GB and strapped as the Master and then cloned the 40 to the > 200. My G4-450 AGP only sees 120 GB but it has been working great and the 40 > is now my backup and the 30 is in the drawer. > > Dick > > > On 10/1/04 11:03 AM, "g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com" > <g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote: > >> My question is, does having the 80GB drive set as slave have any >> affect on performance? Would it make any difference if I changed the 10GB >> drive to slave and the 80GB drive to master? Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Dennis Murphy. > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message