hello, any recommendations for a cheap and good hdd, (abt 40GB) for storage and backup purpose?
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If the HDD is just for storage, than you very likely don't need a 7200 rpm drive. Very few situations exist where a non-OS drive will used as storage is needed to be 7200.
And the price difference may be 40 gigs! 120 GB 7200 equal in price to a 160 GB 5400. So you just have to figure out what you need, and then get it. Buying a 7200 drive for mp3 storage is RETARDED.
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Anyway Zeradul, he said he needs a 40Gig HD, not a 120 or 160 gig HD. I recommend seagate, cos i have one and its good, but ive also heard that WD make really good ones, here are some general prices for 40GB HD's.
WD ATA100 5400RPM - $140
WD ATA100 7200RPM - $145
Seagate ATA100 5400RPM - $140
Seagate ATA100 7200RPM - $150
There you go, with the WD's there is a HUGE $5 difference, gee better get that 5400RPM for the sake of not being retarted (according to someone clearly misinformed)
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Not to mention the difference in time it takes to Defrag or do a thorough Scandisk. I know I'd rather spend half the time doin' it on a 7200rpm drive than the boringly long time a 5400rpm drive takes. :smokin:
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Originally posted by [size=6sentme_mail[/size]]
i plug a new 40GB in my PC, BIOS cannot detect it, but win2k can detect it.
what must i do?
It could also be jumper configuration on the drives or how you have them hooked up to the IDE cable, master drive always at the end of the cable and the slave in the middle. :smokin:
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