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by rpnrch

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I'm installing an additional hard drive in my work computer. Is it best to add this in so that my computer reads this as a seperate hard drive, i.e. drive d, or is it best to have this viewed as an extension of the c drive?

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by danlm

I've never even contemplated it showing as an extension of C.

I also prefer to use additional drives as my storage space, thus I never save anything to the C drive in case I have to restore windows or start completely over with windows.

By having it as a separate drive, it makes it simpler to identify where you are storing things.

Dan

by mr.wiz

Separate is best unless you have RAID. If you put it in as an extension of C: and lose one drive for any reason, you'll lose all of your data on both drives unless you have a really good backup.

by deepsand

There is no advantage to having all HD space addressable under a single drive - although there are disadvantages to such - and many advantages to having it partitioned, both physically and logically.

by deepsand

Besides, we seldom get questions as easily answered as this, so that it's nice to get one where there's liitle chance of being either wrong or challenged by others!

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