Midani Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Im building a new system soon and i plan on running both OSX and XP. Should i buy 2 harddrives or just one and partition it? How easy is it to do either? Also, should i buy IDE/PATA drive(s) or SATA drive(s)? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68900-should-i-buy-1-harddrive-or-2-harddrives/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Both of these questions are more complicated. One hard drive should be fine and it's usually cheaper to buy one big one than two smaller ones. Depending on what motherboard you have, you might want SATA. Check the specific thread for your motherboard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68900-should-i-buy-1-harddrive-or-2-harddrives/#findComment-489736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomie Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well if you can afford two drives, I recommend you get two. If you have two OS's on one drive, and then experience a hard drive failure, then you'll lose data on both OS's. If you have each OS on a separate drive, only the OS with the hard drive failure is lost. It also simplifies installation of each OS. Hard drive prices are really affordable these days. UPDATE: Also, if you get two drives, on the drive that you install Windows, you could add another Mac partition to use as a backup drive for Time Machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68900-should-i-buy-1-harddrive-or-2-harddrives/#findComment-489801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midani Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Thank's guys, i guess i will just buy 2x250gb? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/68900-should-i-buy-1-harddrive-or-2-harddrives/#findComment-493971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts