[G4] Best use for the 2nd HD

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

Ray,

You could you the drive as a backup of your primary 120-gig drive. That 
is what I do with my extra 120 gig drive. I have the computer set to 
back-up everything to that drive once a week..

Dan Brieck Jr.

On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:51 AM, Raymond E. Hardy wrote:

> My newly installed internal 2nd HD (Seagate-120 gig), installed with 
> the
> helpful list recommendations, is working well. Thanks!!
>
> First thoughts about the best use for this new drive suggest that I 
> should
> try to put all my "document" files on this "slave" drive -i.e., all my
> audio, picture, Word, QuickBooks, etc. with the OS and Application 
> files
> remaining on the 1st drive.
>
> Once again I've got a lot of "newby" questions and will value any
> suggestions.
> Would you copy the documents to the 2nd drive then simply "select" the
> originals on 1st drive and delete them? - hoping to improve 
> performance.
> If this is the best idea, can the Applications be set up to seamlessly
> access and save files to the 2nd drive?
> Should I usually start the desired application by selecting a document 
> from
> the 2nd drive?
> Best regards,
> Ray
>