can anyone recomend a good fast HD .

not sure i want to pay loads for a Ratpor drive, but looking for around 150gb

what is the difference between SATA and SATA II

also is there any advantage of upgrading from XP pro to XP 64bit

does the size of the cache make much difference

Cache wont make it feel any faster to the average user. SATA1 is 1.5GB/S and SATA2 is 3GB/S. You can pick up an "older" raptor for £90 the new velcoraptor drive are about £120

 

Yes it's worth moving to a X64 based system if your current architecture is X64

so this would be a good drive

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139739

you cant go wrong for that price mate. as thats OEM it wont come with any cables tho

i've got loads of sata cables around, got 6 with MOBO

why not go scsi ?. a hell of a lot faster than other drives.

why not go scsi ?. a hell of a lot faster than other drives.

 

and more expensive and you'll need a controler

What ?

and more expensive and you'll need a controler

 

 

yeah, but never mentioned price, just a fast one. i use a 15k one as C drive & got 3 x 10k in pc for storage. i would never go back to any other type now.

Jesus scsi aren't cheep, is there any way i can copy programmes from one drive to another, just i've not got some of the install discs, and wanted to do a frsh install on a new drive

you can copy the whole drive as an image over to a new drive so it instantly works. but if you want to install a fresh copy of windows then you will need the software discs for whatever you want to install. or, if you have the setup program which youve downloaded to your pc, then put it on disc before removing.

WOW I didn't realise they still used SCSI drives!

 

My mate used to use them years ago, but I've lost touch with him now :(

how do i copy an image over to another drive, do i just select all copy and paste?

how do i copy an image over to another drive, do i just select all copy and paste?

 

 

no. you can get the software needed from manufacturers websites. what make of drive is the one your using at the moment ?

i have a maxstore and samsung, i think the max is on it's last leggs and i don't trust that make as i've had two go on me in the past. both have about 70gb of data on them and i have a 320gb external drive. the samsung is new ish. the maxstore has all the system on it, how hard is it to copy all the system over to the other drive ie samsung and boot from that one

this is a direct link to maxtors software, you may need a different http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

 

 

you ideally need the software for the new drive your getting. so you will have to wait till you decide what you are going for.

Edited August 6, 200817 yr by mario

acronis true image is by far the easiest, drop me a pm if you want ;)

Thanks for all your help chaps, managed to transfer operating system to the other disk and works fine.Acronis max blast worked well