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Partitioning drives
I’m setting up a new computer to work on a series of programs whose editing will overlap.
I have the main C: drive, and two 500G drives for video clips. I plan to have both 500G drives formatted into 2 250G drives, for a total of 4 drives available for video clips. That way, I can put all clips for one project on just one partition, and when the project is done, format that partition only ready for another project’s clips. (I also expect to partition the main drive into portions for a page file section, and to keep the O/S separate from applications.)
Any downside to this set up?
And is there any advantage to putting render files on a separate partition, or am I better off keeping them on the same partition as the captured clips? -
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The video drive partitioning sounds good.
The System drive partitioning sounds good as well.
When setting up the system drive if I wanted the best proformance I
would map the page file to the fastest part of the drive.
Your hard drive is fastest on the inner part of the platter
and slower as you get toward the outter edge.Faster still would be to install a small drive dedicated to the page file. That’s what I’ve done with my system. This keeps my system drive from fragmenting quickly and does not slow my system drive down to write out to the page file.
Regards, Rick.
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Thanks, Rick. I hadn’t thought of the dedicated separate page file drive. Would it work just as well if it were an external USB drive, or should it be internal only?
And any thoughts on the question of where best to put render files? -
[John Quick] “Would it work just as well if it were an external USB drive”
Not sure, it may work, however if you were to disconconnect it windows might have a fit. Think I would stay away from an
external drive for pagefile.[John Quick] “And any thoughts on the question of where best to put render files?”
One of your Video Capture Drive partitions, or maybe your external drive.
Regards, Rick.
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