Buying an extra harddrive for performance

[LasseFJ]

Hi.

My current 5400rpm harddrive is constantly being molested by Windows vista if I do more than one thing at a time.

I'm considering buying this:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?v ... cale=en-US

An plug it where my current HD is located, and then putting my 5400rpm drive into the dvd bay...

Wouldn't you say this would give me about 1/3 extra performance? The only bottleneck in my system is the harddrive.

What is the name and/or part number for the bay that I need for this?

my system:
2048mb kingston 667mhz ram
1.66 core 2 duo CPU

[Harryc]

P/N: 62P4554

2nd Hard Drive Adapter - Ultrabay Slim on EBay

[LasseFJ]

you havent even posted my z61m as a compatibel machine!

[Harryc]

you havent even posted my z61m as a compatibel machine!

First of all, I didn't know that you had a Z61m because you didn't state that. Secondly, that is not my auction. Finally, the Z61m has an SATA hard drive, here is the adapter you need;

http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/L ... 25/H16733/

[LasseFJ]

First of all... the link you provided is not compatibel with a Z series machine... and you are writing in a z series part of the forum..so it has no relevance here.

But the second link looks right.

[Harryc]

But the second link looks right.

'You're welcome', in case good manners mean anything here ...

[LasseFJ]

Thank you very much for your anwer Harry.

[Harryc]

Thank you very much for your anwer Harry.

[LasseFJ]

Please read: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 786#333786

Doing this WILL increase performance dramatically!

[z/svc]

LasseFJ,

I have no experience with Vista yet, but I've seen many times on web that disabling NTFS indexing in Vista increases performance a lot.

Or should I say: enabling indexing kills performance...