For those of u who now a lot about comps.

[mudrinner4ever]

hey guys,
im looking at buying another herd drive for my comp. i that the bigger in GB the more amount of space. but is there anything else i need to look for?

[Unholy]

You need to know if you want IDE or SATA.
Look for at least a 7200rpm drive.

If you only have IDE look for IDE ATA100.
If you have SATA you want a SATA150.

If you don't have any open IDE or SATA ports Get one that has IDE ATA 133 and comes with a ATA controller card or a SATA150 that comes with a SATA Card.

[K_B]

Unholy,

Do you think someone that types like this:

Originally Posted by mudrinner4ever

hey guys,
im looking at buying another herd drive for my comp. i that the bigger in GB the more amount of space. but is there anything else i need to look for?

Is gonna understand this:

Originally Posted by Unholy

You need to know if you want IDE or SATA.
Look for at least a 7200rpm drive.

If you only have IDE look for IDE ATA100.
If you have SATA you want a SATA150.

If you don't have any open IDE or SATA ports Get one that has IDE ATA 133 and comes with a ATA controller card or a SATA150 that comes with a SATA Card.

[mudrinner4ever]

Originally Posted by K_B

Unholy,

Do you think someone that types like this:


Is gonna understand this:

u beat me to it!!!!!!!!! the only ports i now about are like USB and all the basic stuff. so wat u just said is mumble jumble to me!!!!! is there any easier way to explain that?

[RXcrawler]

I was lost until i figured out ya'll were talking about COMPUTERS!!!

I saw comps and thought we were talking about RC Comps....what was I thinking

[mudrinner4ever]

i guess is hould have gone farther into detail. srry RxCrawler.

unholy-
this is wat im looking into,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=009

i was thinking of buying the drive and then buying a case and just use fire wire for it. that way its portable too if i need to. im still in school so that why i made need it portable.

[nktrnl]

From your link:

FEATURES- Barracuda 7200.7 Plus Hard Drive- 300GB,
Internal Ultra ATA/100, 7200 RPM, 8.5 ms Hard Drive.

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-- SPECIFICATIONs --------------------------------------
INTERFACE - Ultra ATA/100 (40-pin, 80 conductor cable)



In your case, you may just want to stick with an external HD, just plug and play (well almost). Id rather see you do that then open up your pc and fry every thing because you had no clue about what to do. Or just take it to a compusa and have them put one in for you.

[mudrinner4ever]

Originally Posted by nktrnl

From your link:

FEATURES- Barracuda 7200.7 Plus Hard Drive- 300GB,
Internal Ultra ATA/100, 7200 RPM, 8.5 ms Hard Drive.

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-- SPECIFICATIONs --------------------------------------
INTERFACE - Ultra ATA/100 (40-pin, 80 conductor cable)



In your case, you may just want to stick with an external HD, just plug and play (well almost). Id rather see you do that then open up your pc and fry every thing because you had no clue about what to do. Or just take it to a compusa and have them put one in for you.

now if i were to buy that drive i can but like a 3.5 case and put it in there, right?

[K_B]

You SHOULD be able to. Just make sure that those cases aren't specific to any type of hard drive. Make sure the case is for an ULTRA ATA 100 hard drive. I think that's all you have to worry about.

Also make sure you're running Windows XP. Older operating systems don't recognize anything bigger than something like 80 GB. I had to install a card in my Windows 2000 box to get my 250 GB drive to work.

[mudrinner4ever]

ok, kool thanks!