Install Windows on my slow disk?

There are two disks in my computer: one is slow and one is fast. One of these will be dedicated to Windows and the other to my programs, bat-files and my data. AppData is put on the non-Windows disk whenever possible.

My work is from the command prompt. Almost the entire day I edit program code (Delphi), compile and execute. I guess that there are mostly ten exe files and ten bat-files in use. My own code just read files, do computations and write files.

My desire is, that when I work, then the PC shall respond as quickly as possible. Everyone says that Windows shall be on the fast disk, but is that true, given my work pattern. (If Windows starts a bit slow does not bother me; it starts while I eat breakfast.)

Bets greetings,
Ch

Your best bet would be to use free virtual box and run your CMD work from a virtual PC you could run dos as the o/s

The fast disk is a M.2, the slow disk is a SSD. Both are in a perfect condition. And the available RAM is 32GB.

I thought that if my type of work essentially means that files, "my files", get loaded and written when I work, then these should be installed on the faster disk.

Calling an SSD drive "slow" is something like an overstatement. I know M.2 drives are faster but I thought at first you were referring to a mechanical 5400rpm hard drive.

M.2 Corsair Force MP300
SSD Samsung 840EVO 120GB

The file-sizes are for the compiler 1.5 MB, the editor 0.5 MB and the files my programs read or write are typically 0.1 MB to 100 MB.

I agree that my work in no ways is troubled by a slow disk. My question to this group was triggered by the fact that friends laughed at me when I proposed to put Windows on the slower disk based on the file-use my work-procedures generate.

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M.2 Corsair Force MP300
SSD Samsung 840EVO 120GB

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I forgot to say that in the device manager I see that the M.2's properties...Events says it is a SCSI and then follows in fact that the M.2 was configured as NVMe. Does this answer the question?

Thank you very much. This solves my question.