New harddrive, new operating system.

[ktimekiller]

I am currently running with 2 different harddrives. 70 gig 7+ year old pos, and a 200 gig harddrive.

I recently obtained a 1 tb harddrive, and I am wondering on the operating system I would use.

I currently have vista 32bit at hand, and it would take me time to "obtain" xp.

I havent followed up on any performance benefits or issues on vista from the recent months.

Should I settle with the vista for now? or wait until I get xp.

 

[AtomicSpark]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[ktimekiller]

Well, for one thing, its 70 gigs + 200 gig.

This is for one point, hardly big enough for proper use.

Second, the 70 gig, which is my main harddrive, is as i have said 7+ years old. Its SLOW, OUTDATED, and have failed and had memory errors on it before.

It is broken in many ways. Lets have some constructive advice here eh?

 

[Barney Fife]

Well, for one thing, its 70 gigs + 200 gig.

This is for one point, hardly big enough for proper use.

Second, the 70 gig, which is my main harddrive, is as i have said 7+ years old. Its SLOW, OUTDATED, and have failed and had memory errors on it before.

It is broken in many ways. Lets have some constructive advice here eh?

Well you've just answered your own question there eh?
70Gb isn't enough for anything, and being old and all gives the telltale to buy an upgrade, also, ridding of it is another option.
If the 200GB is 7200rpm 3.0GB/s SATA drive, then make that drive your primary drive, where Windows will reside, and the 1TB drive a game-drive.
As far as OS is concern use what you have in hand unless you are experiencing issues and you like to switch to different OS.
As far as Pros and Cons goes (XP Vs Vista?) Depends on who you ask. I like XP and I'm one of those who refused to switch. I don't have to make a legitimate point; I just didn't see a reason to switch.

If you don't like to throw away things and you want to make the 70GB drive useful, do what I did with my 40GB PATA-drive:
Install an OS on it (Any OS XP or Vista) update all drivers and OS, physically Uninstall drive from system and store it somewhere dry and cool, in a nice box, wrapped with a plastic sheet. In case you primary drive shoots the bucket down the road, dying on you and you like to RMA, this drive will come handy without the hassle of installing OS all over again.

Good Luck.

 

[Ennui]

I would go with XP, but that's just my preference. If Vista isn't giving you trouble then I don't see why not to stick with it. Presumably your mobo has both PATA and SATA connectors so you could keep your 70gb drive around as a storage drive (70gb is more music than most people have). Or do what Barney Fife said with it.

 

[Krynn72]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

TBH I wouldnt trust a 7 year old drive with anything important, even if its not broke.

Look at the newest "XP VS Vista" thread in this section. You'll see that there is pretty much no reason to go with one over the other anymore. Go with whatever OS you like more.

 

[ktimekiller]

Got the harddrive working, and I am quite satisfied knowing that I am not running on a 70 gig, frequent to memory issue, constantly stuttering harddrive to hold my machine back.

 

[Krynn72]

Be thankful you werent me. Im home for the holiday and I wanted to use my parents PC. They only have a 30 gig hard drive and they had 180 megabytes left on it. Anytime I tried to do anything it was like "Oh, trying to do something that uses temporary files ay? WELL F*CK YOU! HAHAHHAH!."

I shuddered, then deleted six gigs of temporary internet files and am now going through pruning stuff. I guess ill run a defrag overnight too.