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Anonymous - Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:45 pm
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My current HD is 27.7 gigs, and is almost all full. I was planning to go buy a new Harddrive and was wondering which kind. I have heard Internal HD give lots of problems when using, and External is only good for storing stuff, and can't run applics. I was wondering on what you guys would recomend

Contempt+ - Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:05 pm
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The harddrive you are using, the 27.7 gigabyte harddrive is an internal harddrive. Has it given you any problems since you got it? I'd prefer an internal harddrive, only because it takes up no space.

Dr Brain - Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:11 pm
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There are two advantages to externals. The first is that it's easy to move between computers. The second is that it's easy to hook up to the computer.

If you aren't going to be moving it between computers, or don't need super easy installation, then get an internal.

1stStrike - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:03 pm
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An internal would be your best bet. They are generally cheaper for more hard drive space. It's also not hard at all to install it. Just pop it in, insert two screws to hold it in place (maybe 4, depends on the case) and then set it to slave or master and plugin the cable. Voila. Piece of cake.

Agurus - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:13 pm
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I heard having 2 harddrives causes alot of more problems i.e system crashes etc... And I assume a External would go slow transfering between files as well

Donkano - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:49 pm
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Agurus wrote:

i.e system crashes

Bullshit.

Contempt+ - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:56 pm
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It might cause system crashes. When I had 2 hard drives in my computers, they kept on messing up. I don't know if that was because of the hard drives, or if it was because of the computer itself.

Anonymous - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:58 pm
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So you are saying that 2 HD causes a system to crash?? I am running on a 2.47 GHZ Pentiuuim 4 Processeor (WinXP), so any ideas?

Donkano - Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:59 pm
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Did you partition it correctly Contempt+?

Anonymous - Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:10 pm
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Can a external harddrive run programs off of it, or is it just good for storage? (then is the only diffrence where they go???)

Dr Brain - Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:12 pm
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Xter wrote:

So you are saying that 2 HD causes a system to crash??

Not at all.

Xter wrote:

Can a external harddrive run programs off of it, or is it just good for storage? (then is the only diffrence where they go???)

It can run programs off of it, yes, BUT it'll never be as fast as an internal HDD. I wouldn't recommend storing games on it.

Personally, I'd say go with an internal. They're cheaper, faster, more reliable, and not exactly hard to install. I wouldn't let my great grandomther install one, but just about anyone else that can work a screwdriver should be able to do it.

Anonymous - Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:23 pm
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I plan to buy this HDD, Western Digital Internal Hard Drive (WD2500JDRTL) , from :
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Western-Digital-Internal-Hard-Drive-WD2500JDRTL-/sem/rpsm/oid/89830/catOid/-12976/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Any suggestions on this or something better of near same value?

1stStrike - Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:34 pm
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Perhaps try this instead:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1121653&Tab=5

or

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=316178&pfp=SEARCH

Seagate has 5 year warrantee vs 1 year maxtor

Contempt+ - Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:26 am
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Why would I want to partition a hard drive that I want to use as storage Donkano? The only thing I did was format it, and that's all you really need to do.

SyrusMX - Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:03 am
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I just bought an external 40gb USB Seagate. I only planned on using it for storage, plus, I'm on a laptop, and it's kinda hard to put a secondary hd in here. However, it will be nice to beable to clear up some gb's worth of music on my main hd, and, it has a pretty blue light. I didn't even know it came with a blue light, but if I did, I would have bought it that much faster. Blue lights rock.

Default - Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:30 am
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Nice

Ori Klein - Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:31 am
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Xter, you basically answered yourself in the very first post you made.

Also, get both.
Or burn CDs for storage.
Although CDs are less reliable, of course.

newb - Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:20 pm
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Agurus wrote:

I heard having 2 harddrives causes alot of more problems i.e system crashes etc...

Where the hell do you get your information from?! I've got 2 internal harddrives, and they haven't caused me a single crash.

1stStrike - Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:33 pm
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Agurus is pretty much ignorant of everything.

Agurus - Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:20 pm
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I said I heard, never claimed for it to be true.

Donkano - Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:56 pm
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Contempt+ wrote:

Why would I want to partition a hard drive that I want to use as storage Donkano?

You didn't state it's specific use in your other post.

Anonymous - Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:16 pm
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Where is this topic? How come it isn't under "Trask Talk"? I only see it on the newest post on the index but when i click on trash talk it dissapears....

newb - Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:50 am
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Agurus wrote:

I said I heard, never claimed for it to be true.

Where did you hear this information from then?

D1st0rt - Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:41 pm
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I <3 my 250GB Maxtor OneTouch II external hard drive. It's USB2 so speed isn't really an issue.

Cyan~Fire - Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:37 pm
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It's still slower than internal.