Quote Originally Posted by ddt0725
I didn't really know what to look for and this sounded like it would be alot faster than what I had originally but I guess not.

I didn't say that [] This drive might be faster than your current drive. I have done some testing on my drives and while my 2TB Samsung Green Disk (very much the same) is quite full it is actually not that slow. The read and write speeds aren't bad at all. Only a little slower than the regular disks.


The biggest difference is in the disks access times. (Access time is the time delay or<span style="color: #000000;"] latency between a request to an electronic system, and the access being completed or the requested data returned)


The 7200RPM disk had an average access time of 11.7ms while the 5400RPM disk had 15.6ms. This causes the disk to appear slower. Programs take a little longer to load etc.


For comparison, my SSD has an average access time of 0.17ms.Oh and don't forget that my regular disks are like a year newer than the green disk.


Quote Originally Posted by ddt0725
I hope it is not going to be so slow that it drives me crazy ...correction crazier!

Probably not. Your best bet is to just install it and try it out. If you feel that it doesn't do what you want it to do, you can always add a faster primairy drive and keep the 2TB drive for your photos and keep the operating system and your photos separate. That will improve speeds even more.


I'm a big fan of multiple disks so you have your sensitive photos "safer" when you have bugs, virusses and crashes. But obviously it is more expensive. A good choice for a primairy hard drive would be the Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue disk. Or you could use an SSD for an even faster system.


Quote Originally Posted by Chris White
I do not know if the problem is XP or my
BIOS, but the largest harddrive I can use is 1TB. I would check to make
sure your machine can recognize a 2TB hard-drive before you start
"surgery"

It's probably your bios. Windows XP service pack 2 and 3 support 2TB drives for sure. I googled a bit and noticed that more people have the same problem, which seems like a selfcaring problem in some occassions.