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What Type Of Harddrive Is Better
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socom1000
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10. August 2007 @ 18:01 |
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Should I go with internal or external and I already have the internal in my pc it's 40Gigs and so what would be the best secend one two pick.
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ddp
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10. August 2007 @ 18:50 |
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go with internal as is faster than external unless you intend to use an external on other computers to share info.
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socom1000
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10. August 2007 @ 19:45 |
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Ok can I have two internal Hard Drives in at once.
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scorpNZ
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10. August 2007 @ 20:27 |
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Depends if your mobo supports it as for speed if your only storing data or want to store music to listen too without clogging up your main drive external will be fine,there is a speed diff between int & ext tho i can't think if it's ever been noticable by my eye
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10. August 2007 @ 20:33 |
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If you have an older MB and aren't planning on sharing data between computers I would say get an internal. They tend to have faster transfer rates than externals just due to the interface. Post up your MB make and model for better sugestions.
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socom1000
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10. August 2007 @ 20:40 |
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Originally posted by Blackjax:
If you have an older MB and aren't planning on sharing data between computers I would say get an internal. They tend to have faster transfer rates than externals just due to the interface. Post up your MB make and model for better sugestions.
What do u mean post my MB, Whats that and how do I get it?
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10. August 2007 @ 20:43 |
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He means tell us the Make and model of your motherboard to see if it support multiple internal HDD, or if it supports RAID.
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socom1000
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10. August 2007 @ 20:53 |
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Yeah but how do I see if it's HDD or Raid?
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10. August 2007 @ 21:11 |
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What? RAID is a technology. I don't know how to explain it so check it out at wikipedia.com.
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10. August 2007 @ 21:18 |
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@abuzar
Not everyone who comes here is technically inclined. We all have our different skill levels. ;)
Hmmm....
Let's keep it simple then shall we. If you have USB (universal serial bus) connectors on your system then go with an external HDD (hard disk drive). If your system is less than 5 years old I would say you have them.
More than likely you can add a hdd internally to your system but unless you feel very comfortable with working inside your case don't! Too many things to mess up in there!!
BTW RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Drives (or Disks).
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10. August 2007 @ 21:22 |
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I didn't mean to be rude, the "what" was because I didn't understand.
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daveb923
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10. August 2007 @ 22:10 |
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Personally, I'd just upgrade to a larger hard drive. Buy yourself a new 250gb or 300gb hard drive. Your current 40gb drive is way too small, esp. if you're getting into movies and music. Get a big drive, make sure it's an IDE (also called ATA) hard drive. Your current drive is an IDE, so you know the new one will work if you get an IDE drive. Then using an imaging util, copy your 40gb to the new drive so it'll boot up just like it does now, only you'll have TONS of space!!!! Price have come WAY down on these big drives and I wouldn't be surprised if you could buy a 300gb for under $100 on sale somewhere.
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11. August 2007 @ 05:44 |
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Actually IDE is P-ATA, not just ATA.
As for the current drive, I think they did make S-ATA hard drives that small.
What's the current make and model of your motherboard?
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dshah101
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11. August 2007 @ 06:11 |
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Go with an interneral Sata Hard drive
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11. August 2007 @ 06:24 |
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It all depends whether or not his motherboard has S-ATA on it, we don't know.
Socom, what motherboard do you have?
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11. August 2007 @ 06:33 |
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Well it's P-ATA now, but thats because the retroactively renamed it, before it was just ATA.
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11. August 2007 @ 06:37 |
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ddp
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11. August 2007 @ 12:15 |
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Blackjax, usb ports have been around since the late p1 computers which is more then 5yrs ago.
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12. August 2007 @ 01:25 |
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true ddp but not all mfg. put them on their boards. ;)
I should have been more specific but i was at work (on lunch) when i posted and was running out of time. my apologizes if I confused the original poster.
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12. August 2007 @ 01:41 |
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More than 5 years ago? hell, I had a P3 8 1/2 years ago, so a P1 must be over 10 years!
Still, you can always get a USB2 PCI card.
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