Which HDD is most suitable for DVD playback/.ripping

[faithfoo]

Which internal HDD is most suitable for DVD playback/.ripping


in terms of less errors when playing DVD frpm HDD, ripping and also less prone to crashing

I am looking at 2 HDD of 80 Gb each on two operating systems

1) Are there any problems with having 2 HDD on 2 operating systems

2) I believe it 's all right having WIndows XP ( home ) instead of WIndows XP ( Pro) . I am only occasionally transferring data betweem two computer on a lan cable .

[killingspree]

hi

Originally posted by faithfoo

I am looking at 2 HDD of 80 Gb each on two operating systems

1) Are there any problems with having 2 HDD on 2 operating systems

ahm... sorry i do not fully understand... do you mean you have 2 OS on one HD or 2 HDs with 2 different OSs on them?

2) I believe it 's all right having WIndows XP ( home ) instead of WIndows XP ( Pro) . I am only occasionally transferring data betweem two computer on a lan cable .
well if you are satisfied with the limited performance of the home edition, you shouldn't have any trouble or real limitations while encoding...

anyway, to your initial question: I would recommend a hard drive with 7200 rpm (a must for every encoder :) and if you have the extra bucks buy one with an 8MB cache - it really pays off. Playback shouldn't be the problem but ripping and converting is always pushing the limits of a lot of computer components. For a brand i wouldn't recommend IBM atm, I got 2 seagate disks and am actually very satisfied with both of them.

steVe

[faithfoo]

Does it make more sense to have 2 HDD on 2 different OS separately (instead of 1 HDD with 2 OS )

I am most concerned about virus , how do I prevent that ??

1) Can I check with if with dual os , and dual HDD
, is it easy to transfer files with thin the 2 HDD , ( since one resides on each OS ) ,

3) I believe virus can transfer across HDD only when we transfer the downloaded files across to the other HDD ..

4) I heard that operating 2 HDD may create certain problems vs operating on 1 HDD , why ?

[bb]

Let's assume you mean you install 2 HDDs in your PC, and you have two different operating systems installed. Both OSs can access either HDD, which means you have the HDDs formatted with a file system that both OSs support.

Transfer speed of huge video files will be much faster when copying from one HDD to another, compared to copying within the same HDD. This is true because you're reading on one HDD while writing on the other, thus the heads don't need to move back and forth very often.

Regarding the virus problem: If you can access both HDDs from both OSs (write access), files on each HDD can get infected no matter which of OSs you have currently booted.

You should be able to run two HDDs without problems. You should be aware of certain limitations in master/slave settings of some drives. As far as I know this is more of an issue with CD/DVD burners than with HDDs.

I hope the above is helpful.

bb

[Belgabor]

Originally posted by bb
Regarding the virus problem: If you can access both HDDs from both OSs (write access), files on each HDD can get infected no matter which of OSs you have currently booted.


Just to make certain you get all the implications, it not a matter of copying the files, just of accessibility. Certain viruses (e.g. nimda) do not require you to transfer files onto a drive to infect stuff on it, just being writable is enough.