SW setup on #2 harddrive.....

My computer has (3) harddrives. I have Solidworks
installed on the same HD as my operating system(XP Pro).

Would it be good idea to uninstall, and reinstall SW
on #2 drive, without the OS? Or a waste of time?

-Dennis

 

The optimum is to have it on a different hard drive than your Windows
pagefile (swap file). If your pagefile is on a different drive, then
leave SolidWorks where it is. If the pagefile is on the same hard
drive, then move IT, and STILL leave SolidWorks where it is!

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
WaterMark Design, LLC
http://www.h2omarkdesign.com
Charlotte, NC

 

Personally, if I have a single hard drive, I partition it in two, with
about 10-20 Gb for the C: for the OS, and the rest for the program files
and data. I prefer to have 2 separate physical drives and keep my data on
the second (bigger) one.

This is because I tend to reinstall my OS every 6-9 months, and its nice to
keep some of the stuff that installs with files (like, say templates,
library and macro data)


The document data is on a separate drive in case of a hard drive failure.

Spork's right too, but approaching it from a speed point of view.


matt

 

THANKS FOR THE HELP!


Dennis