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hi any idea whats the price for a 80gb and a 120gb hdd(not a sata one) my motherboard doesnt support sata :angry: and the max it can take is 120gb mumbai prices plz any make thank u

***yogi1771 posted 15.48 minutes later:

***hi plz quote the prices soon have to buy it by tomorrow

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Seagate/samsung 80 gigs 2.6-2.8k
120 gigs between 3.6k-3.7k

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how much do the sata ones cost

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3k for 80gb sata

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how do u find weather ur hard disk is a sata one or other after installing it

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SATA has different looking power and data connections (thin cables unlike normal IDE). Also your mobo must support SATA(have sata connectors on the board) for u to use SATA disks.

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Si3112 cards are available if u really want S-ATA and ur mobo has none.Cost 1k for a two port card though.

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Not worth the money or effort. They’ll be slower than the IDE ports on the mobo cos they’ll be PCI bound :face_with_tongue: .

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SATA cables are thin red cables, and they look completely different from the IDE cables, easy to spot.

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hi which partioning is better ntfs or fat32

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I prefer NTFS over Fat32.
but is personal choice.

If you are having only WinXP as your OS then NTFS is the best.
Rem NTFS is not detected by DOS
but there are 3rd Party Utils for detecting NTFS in DOS.

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hi any advantages or disadvan.. between these two type of partioning

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NTFS vs FAT32…

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

http://cquirke.mvps.org/ntfs.htm

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hi so for a casual home user which is better i had a 40gb disk just got a 80gb one (both r non sata) so which partioning will be better thanks

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stick to ntfs. unless you plan to take your hdd over to a friend’s place who doesnt use win xp.

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Yup keep to NTFS - and if you do attach the drive to another computer use the freeware READNTFS and you will be able to access this drive. :slight_smile:

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does ntfs have issues with programs

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No. Period.. listen to others on this.. NTFS is better..

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LOL so many questions regarding File partions, I have been using NTFS since a long time and no issues whatsoever.

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NTFS=more secure less chance of failure
FAT=old school has it problems uses fix clusters (FAT16=2GB max, FAT32=2TB max)

use NTFS since we are slowly switching over it (FAT32 is starting to be retire or is already dead)

ohh and i got my 200GB for $60 USD

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