New hard drive option
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New hard drive option
Failing hard drive: Thanks to all of you who previously offered advice on this topic. Boot failures are now becoming too frequent so I will install a new hard drive. I’m running an Evesham rig (Intel 3) that has a UDMA66 drive. Where do I find another of the same (or better) specification please?
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I offer this as a general alert: Email spread of viruses: I have suddenly started to receive daily emails (three to date) which have .pif file attachments, all of which I have deleted unopened. Each one has a different originating address. The latest is from [email protected] with the subject title 'Re: Your archive'.
Beady Eye
Joined: Feb 2001
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Just recently bought and installed a Maxtor ATA133, 7,200rpm HDD which I got from my local company www.Novatech.co.uk The 40Gb version is £36.42 and the 80Gb £46.91. Hhhmmm, difficult choice to make! 
P.S. When you've got your new HDD I would enable the SMART setting in your BIOS. Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, gives you early warning of failures.
http://www.pcmech.com/show/harddrive/158/
BD
P.S. When you've got your new HDD I would enable the SMART setting in your BIOS. Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, gives you early warning of failures.
http://www.pcmech.com/show/harddrive/158/
BD
The Oracle
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BUMPFF,
When it comes to Windows, it is all about Disk Access. The best option is a 7,200rpm Hard Drive with an 8Mb Cache.
Since you have UDMA-66, you do not need to worry about getting a UMDA-100 or a UDM-133 Controller, since today's Hard Drives cannot fill the UDMA-66 Pipe.
I would recommend the Western Digital JB line of Hard Drives. In your case, either the 80Gb 800JB or the 120Gb 1200JB.
Take Care,
Richard
When it comes to Windows, it is all about Disk Access. The best option is a 7,200rpm Hard Drive with an 8Mb Cache.
Since you have UDMA-66, you do not need to worry about getting a UMDA-100 or a UDM-133 Controller, since today's Hard Drives cannot fill the UDMA-66 Pipe.
I would recommend the Western Digital JB line of Hard Drives. In your case, either the 80Gb 800JB or the 120Gb 1200JB.
Take Care,
Richard
