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4th Jan 2008, 15:34
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 I have a 4 year old PC that i'm upgrading the hard drive of, but have no clue as to what type of new hard drive will work with my PCThe info in this picture is a read back of the current hard drive data done with a program called HDtune current one is Samsung 80GB IDE HDD ATA/133 on a Packard Bell The confusing part is when ordering a new hard drive there is so many types ATA/SATA/ and so on 
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4th Jan 2008, 15:39
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IDE hard drive is what you want.
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4th Jan 2008, 17:00
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Yep it's an IDE Drive ..... any of the drives listed on these 3 pages will be fine :
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http://www.microdirect.co.uk/product...=2,13,66&n=694 One thing to bear in mind though is .... Windows XP original versions do not support Hard Drives greater than 137gb, The support for these came with Service Pack 1/2, so you may find if you install XP from an early XP disk, that it will not find all the space on your disk. Obviously this only applies if you are using 160gb or above. There is also a small chance that your motherboard might not support 48bit LBA, neccessary for larger drives, so you might want to check this out too. There are waorkarounds, to the SP1/2 issues,so post back if you need more info. My System: Home Build
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5th Jan 2008, 15:45
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thanks for the replies, IDE/P-ATA/ATA are all the same because i found two here, one's a ATA the other IDE
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...x1y0z1p0s0n0m0 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?WD-80AAJS |
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5th Jan 2008, 16:11
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serial ATA wont work on your motherboard unless its supported or you have an adaptor. Have a look and see if you can use SATA, if not then go with IDE/ATA. That second link you posted is for a SATA which isnt the same as ATA.
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5th Jan 2008, 18:06
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As Baxter said youe 2nd link is for a Serial ATA (SATA) drive, which will only work if your motherboard has SATA support.
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5th Jan 2008, 19:33
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thanks for the fast replies, much appreciate it
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6th Jan 2008, 12:39
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Something i noticed is that different HDD have differing connectors
IDE ATA 133 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?HIT-HD808P 40 PIN IDC http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...e.html?WD-80JB the first connector (IDE ATA 133) is the same as i have now so if i bought the second HDD would it require a new 40 PIN IDC connector? |
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6th Jan 2008, 16:22
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All IDE Drives have 40 Pin Connectors. ATA 133 refers to the interface speed, not the connector.
There are different IDE Cables ... i.e. 40 conductor & 80 conductor, but they still use a 40 PIN Connectors. Most cables supplied now are 80 conductor, which relates to the number of physical wires in the ribbon cable. |
