aldebaron

Currently: MCE w/ 2 SATA drives as RAID Mirror; Upgrading to VISTA In the 'old days' ( under EIDE) I always set my system w/ Drive C as OS software (OEM MS or Linux) ONLY and a second drive as SW Apps (Program Files) ONLY and, when possible a third drive as SWAP. Grew comfortable with this. Under SATA, i understand the RAID concept of split file / access time. But - still like the idea of one drive doing all the os work until apps needed and going to 2nd drive. Also seems less mentally cluttered. Questions: #1 Using 1 SATA drive for OS(s) and 1 SATA drive for APPS: PROS ? CONS ? #2 Given above - What would be best scenario for multiple drives or partition for dual boot VISTA / LINUX ? any help greatly appreciated....PS: will be adding NAS backup storage - - TIA