I just got a new 2TB Hitachi 5K3000, its surprisingly fast for such a quiet and cool drive... I am going to be using it for my storage, while OS/Apps/Games are all on my SSD (120gb).
I was wondering IF I would benefit from short stroking the 2TB drive? Like doing something like this:
- Partition 1: 150 GB (My Documents)
- Partition 2: 350 GB (Music, Pics)
- Partition 3: 1.5 TB (Movies, backup of OS drive)
I read a lot about short stroking and I know it helps... HOWEVER, I got CONFLICTING readings about HOW TO DO IT?!
Most say, JUST PARTITIONING your drive will put the FIRST partition on the MOST OUTER EDGE of ALL PLATTERS! While some others claim that OS Partition just makes a "Pie shape" out of the drive making it USELESS for Short stroking.
Which is correct?
Can I just use Disk Management in Win7 to do it? And is it even necessary for my media? I thought it's more important for searching for documents or Pics, music to be on the faster side of the drive, than movies that are 1GB each.
Thanks
I was wondering IF I would benefit from short stroking the 2TB drive? Like doing something like this:
- Partition 1: 150 GB (My Documents)
- Partition 2: 350 GB (Music, Pics)
- Partition 3: 1.5 TB (Movies, backup of OS drive)
I read a lot about short stroking and I know it helps... HOWEVER, I got CONFLICTING readings about HOW TO DO IT?!
Most say, JUST PARTITIONING your drive will put the FIRST partition on the MOST OUTER EDGE of ALL PLATTERS! While some others claim that OS Partition just makes a "Pie shape" out of the drive making it USELESS for Short stroking.
Which is correct?
Can I just use Disk Management in Win7 to do it? And is it even necessary for my media? I thought it's more important for searching for documents or Pics, music to be on the faster side of the drive, than movies that are 1GB each.
Thanks