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Need Help ! Cheap Harddisk. <80GB price

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by visee, 2007/08/24.

  1. 2007/08/24
    visee

    visee Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello, can you help me to search which is stable and good qc harddisk. but
    because my computer is too OLD computer, Pen II , 300Mhz. 256ram, 40GB harddisk, winxp.

    I no sure this matherboard can support 80GB harddisk.


    Because I only found min 80GB harddisk (around $40 +/-$2 USD?), <80GB that price $$$ is more than >=80GB...???


    I do not understand?

    And , now year2007, that harddisk is only SATA ? any IDE Mode4. UDMA66....this product..?

    If answer is NO. that UDMA100,UDMA133 IDE harddisk can downgrade to UDM66, IDEmode4 ?


    Please!
     
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  2. 2007/08/24
    Arie

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    Lot's of HD's on ebay.

    Yes, these days new hard drives are almost all SATA/SATA2. The older drives are just too slow. That's progress for you.

    AFAIK any IDE hard drive will work at a slower speed.
     
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  4. 2007/08/24
    Chiles4

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    Here's some that are cheaper than taking your family out to dinner!
     
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  5. 2007/08/24
    visee

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    thanks. but because my computer is too OLD computer, Pen II , 300Mhz. 256ram, 40GB harddisk, winxp.
    I no sure this matherboard can support 80GB harddisk. ?
    can you tell me some software can check that BIOS name and version...!



    I do not understand?, now year2007, that harddisk is only SATA/2.
    But if buy some UDMA100,UDMA133 IDE harddisk can downgrade to UDM66, IDEmode4 ?


    If motherboard can not support 80GB harddisk, is can't turn on computer AND that 80GB maybe DIED?


    Please!
     
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  6. 2007/08/25
    Arie

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    Well, we are not clairvoyant, so you'll have to post the model of your motherboard to be able to find out what HD would be supported.
     
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  7. 2007/08/25
    visee

    visee Inactive Thread Starter

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    oke, thanks.
    but can you me some suuggest what harddisk
    (which country (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China) is maybe good qc.?


    Becuase I have 20GB harddisk used 7 years , now no bad-sector. good ! from (Singapore) (IBM)

    but now year2007, 80GB , same ? I do not understand...
     
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  8. 2007/08/27
    visee

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    this is my config, can help me to see ... if used UDMA100,UDMA133 harddisk ,
    is support ? and 80GB, support? Please!


     
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  9. 2007/08/27
    visee

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  10. 2007/08/27
    Arie

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    It should support anything under 137GB without a problem. Failing that you'd just have to get a BIOS upgrade. Not sure what's available for such an old motherboard, but going from 40 > 80GB shouldn't be a problem.
     
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  11. 2007/08/27
    visee

    visee Inactive Thread Starter

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    thanks...

    if year2000 computer include 137GB harddisk. that 137GB harddisk price....is very $$$..


    BTW , any suggest buy harddisk, that manfacuter source: (singapore, malaysia, thaland, and china) which country more stable ?


    thanks!
     
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  12. 2007/08/27
    Arie

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    Just buy what you can get!
     
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