buying a new HD - what do I need to know?

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Mark Fraser

I want to buy a new HD - probably 120G at 7200rpm

before I go on to the net to buy one, what do I need to know for
comaptibilty issues?
is there more than one type of connection etc?

Im using a 1st Mainboard FA15T motherboard


Mark
 
This isn't really a WinXP question.

Anyway, you want a run of the mill IDE drive - that's the type of connection
you have on the motherboard. Your board looks to support ULTRA ATA 100 (
the rate data can be transferred between drive and PC) - getting a drive
that supports ATA 133 will work fine -the drive will be limited to the lower
data rate of the motherboard. You probably wouldn't be able to notice the
difference.

Any of the major brands will do well - Maxtor, WD, Seagate....

Val

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I want to buy a new HD - probably 120G at 7200rpm

before I go on to the net to buy one, what do I need to know for
comaptibilty issues?
is there more than one type of connection etc?

Im using a 1st Mainboard FA15T motherboard


Mark
 
Mark Fraser said:
I want to buy a new HD - probably 120G at 7200rpm

before I go on to the net to buy one, what do I need to know for
comaptibilty issues?
is there more than one type of connection etc?

Im using a 1st Mainboard FA15T motherboard
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You need to know what your computer will support in terms of hard
drive size. Some machines, especially those a few years old, have
BIOS limitations that prevent them from using today's huge hard drives
without either a BIOS upgrade or a special controller card.

120 gb is not going to be a problem for Windows itself, provided the
computer BIOS is up to it. However if you go larger than 120 gb there
can be some concerns if your Windows XP is not fully up to date,
including Service Pack 1.

Good luck


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