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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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 Posted - 02 June 2008 : 05:13:34
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Iīm trying to figure out what I need, itīs for an old Dell C600 - when searching for the current hardrive (which is a Hitachi Travelstar 20GN), I see that itīs interface is called ATA-4 ? So what is that ? All new harddrives I find are ATA-100 or ATA-133 or S-ATA, I guess I should be looking only at ATA-100, am I correct ? Iīve found 3 ATA-100 drives which suits the pricerange, will these work ?
Hitachi TravelStar 5K160 40 GB
Maxtor MobileMax STM940215A 40 GB
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST940815A 40 GB
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 June 2008 : 05:56:33
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| yes they should work fine. ATA-100 drives are in reality ATA-6 and should be backwards compatible.< |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 02 June 2008 : 06:03:32
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Panhandler
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USA
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 02 June 2008 : 20:59:17
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You can get an adapter cable that will let you hook up the drive to an existing tower IDE controller, which can make it a lot easier to migrate data to the new laptop drive. I got an adapter from newegg.com for maybe $5 bucks US.
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 03 June 2008 : 09:28:52
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I ordered this one:
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 ST940815A 40 GB
I will let you know if/when it works !!!< |
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Panhandler
Average Member
USA
783 Posts |
Posted - 04 June 2008 : 09:22:57
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
2632 Posts |
Posted - 06 June 2008 : 03:10:06
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Price, my friends - itīs for my mom.
The Seagate works very well, itīs fast enough and quiet like a whisper, which I love in a harddrive.< |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 June 2008 : 08:49:59
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Price, fair enough, and if it's for a parent, they'll never appreciate it anyway...
But my Acer lappy came with a 4200RPM drive which I upgraded with a 7200RPM drive I bought in Singapore - it was like a new machine. Considering it's at least 3 years old now, but still a respectable spec (2GHz Centrino, 2 Gigs Ram, 7200RPM drive) I'm not in a rush to upgrade anytime soon. But if you have a 4200RPM drive in any of your laptops, spend the $ and get a 7200 and celebrate :-)< |
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wii
Free ASP Hosts Moderator
Denmark
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Posted - 08 June 2008 : 14:42:22
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| Itīs not worth it on the machine my mom uses, which is a Pentium III 850MHZ with 256MB RAM, works fine for internet browsing and listening to radio, but thatīs it.< |
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A new harddrive for an old laptop
