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| spare time toys |
  Aug 6 2005, 04:05 PM
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hooked on grilling food.  Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I get this mesage something along the line hard drive failure emenent. The guy at Frys is trying to tell me all about hard drives and said something about how many rpm this one is and how many rpm that one is (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) How many RPM do I realy need and what all do I lose when I swap one out?
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| SirAndy |
Aug 6 2005, 04:16 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,640 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
all of it! so if you got a CD burner, make a backup of everything important you have on there NOW !!! windowze and programs can be reloaded easily, your documents can not ... backup, backup, backup ... then, look into getting a new HD. get someone local to you (like the nerd kid in the family) to do the swap for you ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Andy |
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| mharrison |
Aug 6 2005, 04:44 PM
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Why do I bother???? Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Madison, MS Member No.: 1,123 |
If you don't do any heavy gaming, or heavy database queries then the difference in RPM speed probably won't be noticeable.
Now that being said. With the SMART predictive failure message you're getting you need a new drive SOON. Add it in, run Norton Ghost (PM me to find out more about this) to duplicate your current drive to your new drive, pull the old one and you'll be ready to go. (Of course it probably won't be exactly that easy, but those are the basic steps.) |
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| mharrison |
Aug 6 2005, 04:52 PM
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Why do I bother???? Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 8-September 03 From: Madison, MS Member No.: 1,123 |
This 160 GB drive is available for $39.99 after rebate at CompUSA
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in...8017&pfp=BROWSE The closest location to you that has it in stock is: Dallas CompUSA Superstore Store # 725 15250 Dallas Parkway Dallas, TX 75248-4610 Store Hours Mon - Sat: 9am - 9pm | Sun: 11am - 6pm Phone Numbers Main: (972) 233-4510 |
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| johnmhudson111 |
Aug 6 2005, 05:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 491 Joined: 29-November 04 From: Nesbit, MS Member No.: 3,191 |
If you have time I suggest NewEgg. I have always have had great results when dealing with them for any computer needs.
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| Dr. Roger |
Aug 6 2005, 06:11 PM
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A bat out of hell. Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 31-January 05 From: Hercules, California Member No.: 3,533 Region Association: Northern California |
Norton Ghost requires that the same hardware be used because it makes a mirror image of EVERYTHING on your old HDD. Hidden files, system... This incudes how WindowZ sees your current hardware and hard drive. Certain hardware needs specific drivers and if the disk drive that you currently use doesn't work with the new one, your wasting time and money. If you can't but the identical hard drive and swap it out, then restore a Ghost image, then do as Andy suggests and get the stuff off that isn't replaceable. pics, mp3's, porno ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) We use it at work regularly. Great program when using compatible hardware. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 6 2005, 06:24 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Larry, I can backup everything to DVDs if you like... gimme a call I'll install the hard drive for you and everything...
ghost doesn't care if the HD is exactly the same... windows cares if all the other hardware matches though... I upgraded my hard drive with ghost changed brands and sizes... we used to use ghost to set up several computers with the same configuration too... |
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| Part Pricer |
Aug 6 2005, 07:03 PM
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Believe everything I post Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,825 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Danbury, CT Member No.: 35 |
I use Ghost all the time. While it is true that it likes to see that same hardware it does not need to be exactly the same. In the situation that we are presented with here, we are just looking at replacing a hard drive. We are not switching controllers or other devices. You can swap in a hard drive that uses the same controller and restore the Ghost image with not detrimental effects. The capacity can be equal, greater or even less (as long as the image is not greater than the new drive's capacity) and it will function properly. Ghost will be your easiest road to recovery. |
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