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08-13-2006, 04:01 PM
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ata harddrive?
if ur putting a new computer together and all you have is a sata drive, is it the same as with the ide? Just physically connect it and the computer will recognize it?
08-15-2006, 01:19 PM
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and if anyone ever noticed unstability between ide's over 120gb. thats why I use sata over 120gb. I think they are mroe reliable. As for speed, get a raptor at 10k rpm. those reallly rock lol.
08-15-2006, 03:42 PM
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gah i am sorry. with all my IDE drives that are over 120gb Ive had a lot of them crap out on me. But SATA over 120gb ive had are fine. was trying to say that ive noticed ide's over 120gb act a lil funky lol.
08-15-2006, 03:47 PM
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Re: ata harddrive?
Originally Posted by duston831
if ur putting a new computer together and all you have is a sata drive, is it the same as with the ide? Just physically connect it and the computer will recognize it?
If you are loading WinXP onto the drive, then you may have to prepare the SATA drivers on a floppy or thumbdrive. I don't think WinXP Pro SP2 discs support SATA automatically.
However, if you're just adding a SATA drive (it's not the boot disc), then just plug and pray......I mean, play.
08-15-2006, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kanundrum
gah i am sorry. with all my IDE drives that are over 120gb Ive had a lot of them crap out on me. But SATA over 120gb ive had are fine. was trying to say that ive noticed ide's over 120gb act a lil funky lol.
i actually havent noticed that, but all the drives i have that are over 120GB that are IDE are Seagate, and Ive never had a problem with theirs. I have had a 200GB Seagate in my xbox for about 2 years or possibly more, and Ive never had a problem, same goes with the IDE HDs that are north of 120GB in my systems, never an issue, however I do point out they are seagates (quiet and reliable)
08-15-2006, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kanundrum
lol yea. but raptors do rock though lmaoo. great for just about anything requiring speed.
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Originally Posted by equinox2355
Originally Posted by kanundrum
lol yea. but raptors do rock though lmaoo. great for just about anything requiring speed.
Also, no application individually can address more than 2GB(?) underneath those operating systems.
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