[G4] Best use for the 2nd HD

[Ronald Steinke]

On 12 Apr, 2005, at 6:51, Raymond E. Hardy wrote:

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?


Ray,
My suggestion is to utilize the larger drive as your main drive: 
install an OS on it, install your applications and move all your old 
documents to it. You can do this in one step if you use a clone maker 
like CarbonCopyCloner from http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html or 
DateBackup from ProSoft Engineering at www.prosofteng.com. You will 
have the larger space to use for all your needs which will ease the 
pressure on your old drive.

Once you make the larger drive your main, you can reformat and use the 
smaller drive as a "Save" location by using the save dialogue window to 
choose the location where you want the document.

Once you have your documents saved to the location you want, whenever 
you double-click one of them, it will automatically cause the program 
that created it to launch no matter which drive the program is located 
on.