> Someone told me once it could help to guard against data corruption (plus I
> had an extra HD lying around). Is this bunk?
There is an argument that keeping your operating systems on one drive, your
application on another drive, and your data files on yet another greatly
diminish the chances of inadvertently corrupting your data.
I generally put the OS and applications on one and my data on another. But
that's because:
1) It makes my incremental backup strategy easier to manage
2) It allows me to encrypt my data volume
3) I typically keep my data volume as an external drive. This allows
me to transport it when necessary. And increases the chances of
being able to take it with me "in case of emergency".
4) I'm old school paranoid
mikel
PS: While we're on drives...I recently found that replacing the built-in
5400 RPM IDE drive in most G3/G4 Macintoshes with a 7200 RPM IDE drive can
increase your machine's performance by 30-50% if you do IO intensive
operations. And it's hard to knock 30 gigs for $150...
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