Boot Drive

[Bubblehead]

I have three HDs. Two PATA drives and one SATA drive. The Master PATA drive has the OS. Does it matter where the OS is installed? If it doesn't I can leave it where it is but if does, I'll have to go through the lenghty process of clean loading the OS to the SATA drive and systematically load the various upgrades such as SP2. I plan to temporarily remove the existing drive with the OS and make a clean load.  When finished, can re-install the old drive with the OS and transfer the update files? NOTE: As it is now, Windows won't allow me to load the OS citing that the existing copy is more updated than the copy on the disk.

Bubblehead

[Dan]

The only difference you will see by using SATA is a slight decrease in the time it takes to load XP. What I would suggest is that you run HDTach (Google it, Simpli Software I think) and test the speeds of the PATA and the SATA. Compare results and decide if its really worth it.

[Bubblehead]

What would be an appropriate program to load on a SATA (WD 36G Raptor) drive which could benefit from its performance?  The OS perhaps?

Bubblehead