Hard drive for T42

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superfly676 · #1 Post by **superfly676** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:53 am

Hi Everyone.

I have searched all over this forum, and found a billion posts about this, but I want to get specifics. ie a part number. I am looking to swap in either a hitachi or seagate 100 gig 7200 rpm hdd. Can anyone tell me what part number I should be looking for? Is there a link that talks me through the required steps to copy my original hdd onto the new one?
Thanks!!
Sam

superfly676 · #2 Post by **superfly676** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:55 am

oh ya...should i be getting a SATA drive or PATA? thanks!
Sam

davidspalding · #3 Post by **davidspalding** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:23 am

[edit] ... You want PATA, or ATA-6 as it's referred to on the retail sites. If you search on Hitachi 7k100 you'll find several recent discussions.

I recently bought a 7k100 100 GB 7200 rpm drive from New Egg. Just search on "hitachi 7k100," you'll find it.

It's a good little drive for a repacement system drive (D0), does multi-tasking extremely well. The Seagate Momentus 7200.1 drives fared a bit better in brute multimedia tests; the Seagate costs a wee bit more, but has a better warranty.

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:40 am

I see the subject line says T42. So you want a PATA drive - NOT SATA.

superfly676 · #5 Post by **superfly676** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:30 pm

Thanks guys. Is there any difference between the 7k100 and the e7k100?
My machine is a T42, 2374-k5u
Thanks
Sam

brentpresley · #6 Post by **brentpresley** » Sun May 14, 2006 4:01 pm

superfly676 wrote:Thanks guys. Is there any difference between the 7k100 and the e7k100?
My machine is a T42, 2374-k5u
Thanks
Sam

HUGE difference.

The E7k100 is designed for Blade servers and as such does NOT power down to a lower wattage at idle. Therefore it sucks your battery down FAST.

superfly676 · #7 Post by **superfly676** » Sun May 14, 2006 4:28 pm

ok I will avoid the "E" for empty battery.
Thanks
Sam

superfly676 · #8 Post by **superfly676** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:46 pm

so... this is the one I am supposed to get, then use an external HDD connection to connect to it via USB, then ghost the image onto it, swap them, and I'm done?

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=100528-1

JHEM · #9 Post by **JHEM** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:22 pm

superfly676 wrote:so... this is the one I am supposed to get, then use an external HDD connection to connect to it via USB, then ghost the image onto it, swap them, and I'm done?

Yes, good choice of drive and vendor.

But, if you're going to use Ghost to clone your original HD, put the NEW drive in the machine and put the OLD drive on the external connector, then Ghost them.

Seems to work better that way with Ghost

Regards,

James

superfly676 · #10 Post by **superfly676** » Wed May 31, 2006 11:55 am

ok I have the drive in my hot little hand. check
I have read the sticky on HDD's. check
Hawiian shirt half a pack of cigarettes and a Play station 2.check
Do I now just go and download the free tria of acronis, hook up the new 7k100 via an external hdd case/cable and then......? Any options I need to know about? Do I need any kind of drive caddy or will it just ft no problem? Is it tough to pull the olddrive and put in anew one? Can I/ shoud I eliminate the back up sector so it doesnt copy onto my new hdd and hog space? I can use my original drive in an external usb case for back ups right so no need to bog down the main 7k100? Any suggestions from those who have done this?
Cheers
S

cmarti · #11 Post by **cmarti** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:55 pm

Well it depeds do you have an external usb enclosure or a HD bay caddy?

And yes you can use the old drive as an storage drive.

superfly676 · #12 Post by **superfly676** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:25 am

I have an external hdd with usb 2 connection. Can I use this with acronis to copy my original drive to the 7k100?
Thanks
S

davidspalding · #13 Post by **davidspalding** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:28 pm

superfly676 wrote:Do I now just go and download the free tria of acronis, hook up the new 7k100 via an external hdd case/cable and then......? Any options I need to know about? Do I need any kind of drive caddy or will it just ft no problem? Is it tough to pull the olddrive and put in anew one? Can I/ shoud I eliminate the back up sector so it doesnt copy onto my new hdd and hog space? I can use my original drive in an external usb case for back ups right so no need to bog down the main 7k100? Any suggestions from those who have done this?

Would you rather one of us just came over and did it for you?

My suggestion: read all 10 pages of the sticky and JUST DO IT.

superfly676 · #14 Post by **superfly676** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:59 am

Thanks for taking the time to reply without giving me any useful information. Truelly appreciated. Go back to your moms basement and watch startrek reruns so that somebody else can use the forum's bandwidth in a constructive manner.
Regards
S

MODERATOR: I was going to delete this but will leave it here as a warning, this forum does not tolerate this stuff dude. Have a nice day, Kyocera

cmarti · #15 Post by **cmarti** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:58 am

superfly676 wrote:I have an external hdd with usb 2 connection. Can I use this with acronis to copy my original drive to the 7k100?
Thanks
S

If the hd fits the caddy yes you can use it!

I clone the one I am using right now for two months exactly the same way.

With a trial version of acronis and the drive inside my usb enclosure.

But the only trick is when the lappy reboots and when it is re starting again you have to remove the usb cable and reconnect it again so acronis can see the new drive.

Hope this helps.

#16 Post by **Kyocera** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:10 am

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