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Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM working good so far
There was a recent deal at NewEgg on the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB drives, so I decided to risk it as opposed to the other WD & Seagate 2tb drives. I installed them, upgraded the ...
It hung several times and canceled out of the program. I tried it in Windows 7 and eventual tried Windows XP. XP worked the first time. So if I were you I'd use XP if you can.
Once I got it booted via the thumb drive it's a full screen DOS prompt. No windows involved at all. Have you ever used DOS before? It does not have a UI as it's all text based.
Once you run the Samsung EXE it only takes a few seconds. It searches for the hard drive, updates it then shows a confirmation that it's been updated and returns back to the DOS prompt.
Once I got it booted via the thumb drive it's a full screen DOS prompt. No windows involved at all. Have you ever used DOS before? It does not have a UI as it's all text based.
Once you run the Samsung EXE it only takes a few seconds. It searches for the hard drive, updates it then shows a confirmation that it's been updated and returns back to the DOS prompt.
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