I have a SATAII drive and an IDE drive. What is the best way to set up Windows XP and FS9 between these disks for best FS9 performance? I assume that Windows should be on the SATA drive, however where should I put the Windows swap, and should I install FS9 to the slower IDE drive or perhaps just put the scenery on that drive?... ok i could just buy more SATA drives but I'm skint!

Ok people which of these options seems best:1) WinXP and WinXP swap on SATA, and FS9 on IDE.2) Partition SATA fro WinXP and WinXP swap, and FS9 on IDE. 3) WinXP on SATA, and FS9 and WinXP swap on IDE.4) WinXP and FS9 on SATA, and WinXP swap on IDE.5) WinXP, WinXP swap, and FS9 on SATA, and FSP scenery on IDE.Or do you have another suggestion?

First, I'd keep your MSFS install (everything - scenery, airplanes, etc) on a separate physical hard drive. If anything, the swap file should go on a *third* physical hard drive. Since you don't have a third, keep swap with the operating system. From there, it's up to you as to which drive gets the OS vs. the Simulator.Use IDE for the OS/Apps/Swap and SATA for Simulator if you'd like to have faster loadup performance with the sim, at the comparatively slower performance in bootup and day-to-day work.Use IDE for the simulator and SATA for the OS/Apps/Swap if you'd prefer faster day-to-day work and bootups, and relatively slower disk access for the simulator.-Greg

>Since you don't have a third, keep swap with the>operating system. Thanks for your reply. do you think I should put the swap file in a seperate partition on the same drive as the OS?