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OCZ SSD freezes pc weekly, looking for alternate option
I have currently a OCZ Vertex 3 as the primary drive. It freezes the pc at least once every week, with the HDD activity light staying on, Windows 7 x64 is frozen, and it requires a reboot to use the pc again. I know this because when I changed my primary drive from the WD Caviar Black to the OCZ Vertex 3, the weekly freezing began to appear.
I have my WD Caviar Black as my second drive at the moment. So I would like to know if the following configuration would stop the freezing, especially of the OS.
I buy a WD Velociraptor 300GB and install Windows 7 x64 on there, making it my primary drive for OS. Then I make the 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 my second drive (for some intense games and some performance specific programs such as Photoshop). Then the 750GB WD Caviar Black will be the third drive (for personal files storage and games that don't require high performance).
So in the event my SSD attempts to cause a freeze, will it bring the OS down with it, even if it's the second drive and the OS is not on there? If the SSD attempts to cause a freeze while I'm using a program from it, will I still be able to use Windows and restart my pc safely?
Tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated.