Charles,
Since they were both 5,400RPM you would not see any difference in performance and further proves my point about not filling the theoretical limit of the ATA-5. (Since going to ATA-6 showed no difference in performance.) Now, if you would have installed a 7,200RPM Drive you would have seen an improvement in the Disk Access Performance.
Take Care,
Richard
P.S. You are up and running again. That is all that matters.
