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antonOO2
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26th Nov 03 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
on our second Pc the hard dive it very very small ,and i mean small .what would you guys recomend,not overly large.

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Marc
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26th Nov 03 at 13:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
10gb?
Dan B
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82.3Gb IBM/HGST Deskstar 180GXP ATA-133 (7200rpm, 2MB Cache, 8.5ms) on a 1-year-warranty

Decent size, decent make, all for £49.35 inc VAT

Find it on http://www.scan.co.uk where you can collect or mail-order...
antonOO2
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cheers guys ,the machine will be mainly for running dreamwever and fireworks and microsoft office .would a 20gb be big enough ?

what is the process of changin one ,as my cousin normally does them for us.

cheers
chris_uk
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26th Nov 03 at 13:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends how big.. anything less than 5gb isnt really worth using as a seperate hard disk. only thing i can reccomend is using it as a swap file. so you have
C:\ x gb
D:\ x gb
E:\ 5gb Swap File
F:\ CD Rom

The reason i would reccomend using it as a swap file is bcoz it will take less time to search for the files windows wants in 5gb (E:\ Swapfile) than in 20gb (C:\)

this clear? i dont think it is.
chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by antonOO2
cheers guys ,the machine will be mainly for running dreamwever and fireworks and microsoft office .would a 20gb be big enough ?

what is the process of changin one ,as my cousin normally does them for us.

cheers


i would reccomend more like a 60Gb drive for wat you want to do.. are you runnin XP?
antonOO2
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yes i get what you mean chris .i dnt want to keep any thing on the machine .so should i just start from scratch ,get new HD and put xp on it instead of 98?
Dan B
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It's not worth buying smaller than 80Gb, because the prices hardly come down at all the smaller you go under that......check the comparison:

IBM 82.3Gb = £49.35
IBM 41.1Gb = £42.89

Swapping over is almost as simple as unplugging one, and slotting the new one in, and plugging it back in (some new BIOSes will auto-detect the drive, and you're left with just formatting it).
antonOO2
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think ill go for that one one then dan ,is that a good deal ?
Dan B
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The 80Gb? Yeah, I'd say that's a decent enough price......and I've always trusted IBM as a decent brand of hard-drive.
antonOO2
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okay cheers mate
paul_spurrell
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what spec is the PC? If its old may need to update the BIOS to take bigger disks
mjw_2k2
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bloody hell 80gb for £50? mad ye 2 years ago i paid that much for my 20gb hard drive!!!
mjw_2k2
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best choice - get the 80gb and install xp then u got plenty space for woteva ur gonna use it for
antonOO2
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26th Nov 03 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just took the old one out a 4gb seagate
antonOO2
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its a 98 machine ,im goin to check the ret of the spec now

i know its only go a pentium2 as i just saw it
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i remember wen a 13gb was £200!

 
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