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| 811295 | 2009-09-17 08:56:00 | Is 2.5" SATA2 (3.0Gb/s) HDDs similar to those 3.5" SATA drives where there's a jumper to set it for older machines using SATA1 drives? May upgrade my notebook from 100GB to 500GB. Should I get a 5400 rpm or a 7200 rpm hdd? Price different is about $40 -$50. Is there any significant different in performance between the two? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 811296 | 2009-09-17 09:03:00 | Its faster...but runs hotter and uses more battery life. Not worth it IMO, unless you do a large amount of video editing etc And yea, it should have a jumper to set it to 1.5gb/s Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 811297 | 2009-09-17 09:11:00 | Not sure on the newer laptops but the ones I have used they tend to be v picky about what HDDs can be used. I tried it once and the HDD would not even boot and give me an error. The screen was just blank. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 811298 | 2009-09-17 09:30:00 | If I were to clone the existing HDD to the 'new' hdd, I need to remove the existing hdd and connect both of them to a desktop PC to do the cloning, right? Or simply get an enclosure (got to buy one - additional cost) and connect the 'new' hdd to the notebook and then clone it to the 'new' hdd. which method would you techies recommend? | bk T (215) | ||
| 811299 | 2009-09-17 09:33:00 | I think the newer Acronis / Norton software allow you to clone or do whatever you want with external HDDs. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 811300 | 2009-09-17 11:24:00 | If I were to clone the existing HDD to the 'new' hdd, I need to remove the existing hdd and connect both of them to a desktop PC to do the cloning, right? I don't think this would work the drive needs to be still connected although I clone using the CD and not booted into Windows. What I do Insert Acronis CD boot from it (not the install CD but the Live CD I made) Choose Clone HDD Set options and choose output as USB HDD Set going walk away and watch a movie COme back remove old HDD insert new one boot from it |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 811301 | 2009-09-17 12:08:00 | I don't think this would work the drive needs to be still connected although I clone using the CD and not booted into Windows. What I do Insert Acronis CD boot from it (not the install CD but the Live CD I made) Choose Clone HDD Set options and choose output as USB HDD Set going walk away and watch a movie COme back remove old HDD insert new one boot from it You mean, the 'source' drive must be the active system drive? From my understanding of the Acronis manual, I can select the 'source' drive and clone it to the target drive. Maybe, I should read the manual a few more times. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 811302 | 2009-09-17 12:11:00 | If I were to clone the existing HDD to the 'new' hdd, I need to remove the existing hdd and connect both of them to a desktop PC to do the cloning, right? Or simply get an enclosure (got to buy one - additional cost) and connect the 'new' hdd to the notebook and then clone it to the 'new' hdd. which method would you techies recommend? Either method would be fine. You don't need to get a case-you could get a USB>IDE/SATA adapter for $25 on TM, that you can reuse. What software are you using? |
Blam (54) | ||
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