If you can, partiton the second drive, leave one partition of about 20 gig empty (except a folder called tempaudio or whatever you want to name it).
Don't put anything on this empty partition, but like Mac said- point the temp audio stream to the second drive. In PT and RB this setting is in the audio preferences dialogue.
The idea is to have a seperate drive writing the incoming recording and another reading the existing tracks and programs, etc.

Another thing- to me 63 processes seems like an awful lot, so the system is loaded up pretty heavy. How much RAM is available for use? Even if it's a fair amount all those extra processes are eating CPU cycles. I run 24 processes at bootup on my XP recording system..I'm pretty sure you have quite a few unneccesary things running, even if it is Vista (which loads more processes than XP)
If the computer is off the internet (physically disconnected would be best) you could shut down the antivirus while recording for one suggestion. Some antivirus programs seem to become pretty active at the worst times. I don't load antivirus on the music system as it is never online.


I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!