[G4] Best use for the 2nd HD

[Raymond E. Hardy]

Dan,
    I should have been a bit clearer. I was down to about 3 gigs of free
space on the Quicksilver's 60 gig drive and couldn't add an application I've
been wanting to try out. I'm hoping to do the right things to free up the
first drive. 
Best.
Ray

> 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
>> 
> 
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