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yogi1771

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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 :mad: 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
 
yogi1771 said:
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.
 
undertaker said:
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 :p.
 
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[i suppose]
but there are 3rd Party Utils for detecting NTFS in DOS.
 
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
 
stick to ntfs. unless you plan to take your hdd over to a friend's place who doesnt use win xp.
 
Grease Monk said:
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. :)
 
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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