Need some help from the masses please!I just got a new SATA hard drive, and I currently have an EIDE HD. I plan to use both. What is the best setup as far as:1. Where do I put the operating system2. Where do I put the page file3. Where do I put FSAny thoughts? Am I missing anything? Thanks!

Depends on which one is the fastest. But me I have a WD RAPTOR SATA and an older IDE 7200 RPM WD harddrive.Me I have windows XP and FS 9 and all other applications on the faster RAPTOR. Much because of the convenience to ghost it and have a new fresh system running within 15 minutes when it get

Excellent tips, thanks! This might be stupid, but how do you change the path of the trashbin and temp. internet files? Thanks!

Well if you use internet explorer you just choose Internet options or whatever language you have don

Jeff,I agree with oqvist (he seems like a knowledgeable PC user -or tech perhaps?-based on his previous answers to other postings I had made).The faster drive should contain the FS9 and Windows installations. I have a 7200rpm SATA drive by Western Digital (160GB) and a 40GB ATA133 7200rpm EIDE drive by Maxtor. I have not re-organized my installations as mentioned above but I am moving some of the large scenery mesh from FSGENESIS to the faster serial ATA drive to improve free space on the ATA133. The less files on a drive or partition, the less searching is required and also, with free space of less than 10-15%, windows WILL slow down considerably.The page file (or swap file for windows 9X machines) should always be on a physically separate drive than where windows is installed to improve performance. Ideally, I have heard some people also do a DEDICATED Flight Simulator 2004 partition or drive where only Windows, basic tools like anti-virus, firewall, ad/spam cleaner (like Ad-Aware) are installed and NOTHING else (i.e. no other programs) other than FS2004. You can then have a second copy of Windows (XP for example) installed and have a multi-boot system with two copies of XP running. I don't have this but do have Windows 2000 running some other apps. If you are unsure about how to make a multi-boot system, then don't try for you'll need considerably practice and familiarity before attempting such a system. Ideally, though, partition your drive(s) to include DATA (e.g. FS add-ons like scenery and aircraft from freeware and payware makers) and PROGRAMS on separate partitions as I do. It is good in organizing your PC when you split programs and data into separate partitions so that, if any problems arise with your windows XP, for example, you can just re-format (at worst case scenario, not to be done for every problem of course) and re-install XP on that partition without even worrying about backing up your data or moving it etc...I have the following setup on my PC (may change in the future):DRIVE 0 - Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm ATA-133 EIDE C: Windows 2000 Pro E: Windows XP Pro F: Windows 2000 ServerDRIVE 1 - Western Digital 7200rpm 160GB drive SERIAL ATA D: DATA only (FS addons) AND PAGEFILE for Windows XP P: PROGRAMS - e.g. games like soccer etc... AND PAGEFILE for Windows 2000(P.S.: You can change the drive letter if you wish using Administrative tools-computer management-disk management)Hope this helps.John