Anyone have any large hard drives in their machines?

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mmmkay · #1 Post by **mmmkay** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:04 pm

Just curious about what people are running in their machines. I've got an Apple branded 80GB Fujitsu drive, which *seems* to be causing more crashes on suspend/resume, though I haven't really narrowed it down to that yet. But... It's only a 4200rpm model so any upgrade would be a welcome speed boost

pianowizard · #2 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:21 pm

The largest laptop and desktop hard drives I have used are 80GB 5400rpm and 500GB 7200rpm, respectively. And they all work just as well as smaller ones.

When the 160GB laptop drives drop below $100, I will grab one!

k4kjf · #3 Post by **k4kjf** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:07 pm

I bought a 120 GB Seagate at Frys a few days ago for $160 and restored a Ghost 2003 image of the 80 GB I received in my R60 to it. Once I rembered to rewrite the MBR (I had simply restored a partition image to a virgin drive which doesn't catch the MBR) It worked fine.

I have only used it for a few days so far, but seems solid. Completed several standby/resume cycles with no problems.

Ken

k4kjf · #4 Post by **k4kjf** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:09 pm

I should have noted that it is a 5400 RPM SATA drive.

smugiri · #5 Post by **smugiri** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:10 pm

I had the 100gb Toshiba MGAX that runs at 5400rpm with the 16MB buffer. Sadly, it was not big enough for me so I am in the process getting a 160gb. If they made the 200gb in PATA, I would get it.

FrankK-F · #6 Post by **FrankK-F** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:18 pm

I have A31p TPs and am now full on my primary drives (100GB/7200) .. am looking to 120 or 160 GB.

SATA and PATA have me stumped. Could someone explain?

Frank K-F

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:52 pm

FrankK-F wrote:I have A31p TPs and am now full on my primary drives (100GB/7200) .. am looking to 120 or 160 GB.

SATA and PATA have me stumped. Could someone explain?

Frank K-F

You want PATA/IDE drives for the A31p, PATA refers to Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment; while SATA, which is the newer HDD interface taking hold (especially in laptops now), is Serial Advanced Technology Attachment and has a different controller setup and relationship with the host system. They also have different connector form factors and power supply differences.

smugiri · #8 Post by **smugiri** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:54 pm

Easiest way to explain it is that they are different formats for the interface hooking up the drive to the machine.

SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, uses a 4 pin cable to transfer data serially (bit by bit).

PATA: Parallel Advanced Tecnology Attachment. Transfers 32 bits at a time in parallel.

Image showing the two interfaces for comparison.

FrankK-F · #9 Post by **FrankK-F** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:11 am

Chistopher, Steve ... thank you for your input ... am clear now.

Frank K-F

a31pguy · #10 Post by **a31pguy** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:06 pm

I am running some SATA and PATA 100 gb drives in my a31p, Z60m, and T60p. I've had no luck with Fujitsu drives - especially the 4200 RPM OEM drives. I've had the best luck with the newer Seagate Momentus drives ( bang for the $$) and IBM/Hitachi Travelstar drives.

Menneisyys · #11 Post by **Menneisyys** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:41 am

I've been using a 120G 5400 Samsung in my a31p for over a year. Works great, haven't ever had any problem with it.

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