Hard drive available sizes

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David Smithz

Hi there,

Someone has asked me to upgrade their hard drive and want to know what the
biggest size available is.

I'm a bit out of touch at present and need some help

1) What is the biggest available drive on the older IDE?
2) I assume he has got an IDE as the PC is about a year old. But is there a
way from Windows I could tell whether he has got SATA or IDE for sure (I
would have to talk him over the phone to check this).
3) what is the current biggest available SATA drive?

Any good websites which very briefly explain SATA would be welcome.

Thanks for the input.

David
 
David Smithz said:
Hi there,

Someone has asked me to upgrade their hard drive and want to know what the
biggest size available is.
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Pretty large. However, important considerations are what the system is
capable of handling and what the client requires.
I'm a bit out of touch at present and need some help

1) What is the biggest available drive on the older IDE?
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You can get 500 gigabyte drives for abotu CDN$279. However, an 80 gig
drive is CDN$53.

What does the client actually *need*?

2) I assume he has got an IDE as the PC is about a year old. But is there a
way from Windows I could tell whether he has got SATA or IDE for sure (I
would have to talk him over the phone to check this).
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Get the system model or motherboard model, and look up the manual for it on
Google. This will tell you the drive capabilities and connectors.

3) what is the current biggest available SATA drive?
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Also about 500 gig. Pricing is similar.
 
If you know you're "out of touch" then perhaps you're not the best
person for this particular task?

The largest internal hard drive currently available to the consumer
market is 750GB. To read about the various hard drives available to the
consumer market, go to the websites of the drive manufacturers, or to
the websites of the consumer e-zines, like www.pcmag.com,
www.pcworld.com or www.cnet.com.

Use Device Manager to find out whether the computer uses P-ATA or S-ATA
drives. If you are unfamiliar with Device Manager, open the Help and
Support Center and click on 'Use tools to view your computer information...'

To learn about S-ATA try an internet search engine. For example:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=serial+ATA+explanation&btnG=Google+Search
 
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