Hard Drive Question

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Hi,

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

~ Jamie West
 
kinetic said:
Hi,

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

~ Jamie West
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Chance are it will if you system is not more than, say, 5 years old. You can
download a trial versions of utilities like Dr. Hardware or Sisoft SANDRA
that will thoroughly scour your computers subsystems (video, hard drives,
audio, etc) and show you exactly what components you have.
 
Hi,
This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?
Click to expand...

I doesn't matter. Hurry, before is too late.
(Post your motherboard model/make, BIOS date - from power-on screen)
 
kinetic said:
This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....
Click to expand...
I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?
Click to expand...

They'll work fine.
 
Chance are it will if you system is not more than, say, 5 years old.
Click to expand...

Is that how far your knowledge/experience stretches?
You can download a trial versions of utilities like Dr. Hardware or Sisoft
SANDRA that will thoroughly scour your computers subsystems (video,
hard drives, audio, etc) and show you exactly what components you have.
Click to expand...

And that tells him what?
 
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