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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

What's the best use of a second hard drive?

Do you have any views on the best use of a second physical hard drive with Windows? I use video editing software, which generally says that a second hard drive is fairly important.
William Hudson

I think the days of the second hard drive have gone, for most users. They were handy for backups when drives were smaller, and they're still useful for video rendering, where there's an advantage to having a big open space to write to. But cheap USB hard drives and network drives are now more useful options, and much easier to install.

Well, does anyone have a better idea?

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