PC Specs

[Chewy]

maybe a dumb couple of questions with a clean install, I would use my back up disks that I made when I first got my system right?

If your computer had been set up by a power user, it would have been partitioned into a system/program partition and a data partition,
another argument for a second hard drive.

Since hard drives have been known to die, don't ever trust everything
on one drive. Back it up somewhere.

[Derree]

Ok so really it would be a speed issue...hmmm something to think about.. right now using shrink takes me approx 30min or so (depending on the movie) if I am making a second back up using dvdd it only takes abou 15 to 20 but If I can make it even faster then that that would be cool...any recommondations on what kinda of drive I should get?

[Chewy]

post a nero configuration report
see the faq's

[Derree]

So it would be a speed issue..as it is right now when I do a movie with shrink it takes about 30 minutes give or take...when I am making a 2nd back up with dvdd it takes about 20min...so what kind of 2nd harddrive would you recommond?

[Chewy]

that would depend upon your drive configuration

[UncasMS]

you will not be able to cut down transcoding time by 1/3 simply with another hdd that's for sure

so pls dont expect to rapidly increase your performance

[Chewy]

With no compression I would expect more than 30%, but the extra room
is also useful. At a high compression you might see no improvement.
There's something inherently wrong with creating a 4.5 gig file from
a 7-8 gig set of files on the same hard drive. Too much head movement?

[Derree]

Yeah I am happy with the speed I get but I should do a back up I know..again I am kinda a 'noob' so you say I should back up somewhere...what do you mean by somewhere? Can't I just use disc's? or should I do an online back up? Sorry for the dumb questions

[Chewy]

Just back up data on disks

[UncasMS]

If your computer had been set up by a power user, it would have been partitioned into a system/program partition and a data partition

poweruser dont use systems with one drive only

i cant even remember when i had any of my drives partioned

not even cluster size is an issue any more with ntfs operating systems that handle multimedia decently

[Chewy]

well if you only have 6 drives and 4 computers?

[UncasMS]

i dont need 4 computers to use 6 drives - this is what one pc got

4 pc with 6 hdd = silly overkill *gggg*

[Chewy]

I will sell the 2 lamest, but then build a third and beat Mill.

[UncasMS]

hehehe

go for it, lame shrinker *ggggggggggg*

[Chewy]

when beast II is ready I will do a full encode. don't like to leave
a maserati running overnight