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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 ...
Yeah, makes sense.
Without it explained like that, I'm presuming know-one would go to such lengths. But then I've got to take a look at where I'm posting. All the people that use this forum have to be as mad as me, or more some.
I think I've got it now. Basically it's got to have a sata controller on the mother board. All new pc's come with sata hdd's in them, so therefore they must have sata connections on the mother board.
I didn't know the dvd writer that attached via sata could be used to connect a hdd though. (although google it and it's obvious)
I don't whether I don't know this, or have forgotten. I watched a dvd on how to build a pc a little while ago, which covered a lot of that stuff. Must've forgotten everything.
So if I go shopping and look for something similar, I should be able to disconnect the burner and connect my samsung hdd's?
With just a internal sata cable connection?
What should I look for regarding 'sata controller' on the spec or box? Some wording that'll tell me for sure?
Probably obvious, but I've given up here. No ego, need all the help I can get right now.
Thanks for getting back to me. I've come to the end of the road here with messing around. It's cost me too much money already. Should've gone with the WD caviars.
Let us know when you get a chance about the questions above. I'm going to bed to retarded once more.
Just thought of a question though. You said that you had no luck with Windows 7, which i presume come with the pc. You said you used XP. Did you just slap XP on the machine to accomplish the upgrade. Again probably obvious you did, but expecting know-one else would go to such lengths. So to clarify, you wiped windows 7 and replaced with xp? Does that make any difference as we're booting in Dos with the thumb drive?
I can't see what the difference would be in the Bios, as the Bios is the mother board isn't it? No OS used to open in Bios?
Let me know if this is making any sense as my brain is just swimming in all directions of IT right now. I think I might go and see Tron which is just being released over here and go for a total brain overload. Maybe I'll learn a thing or two.
Cheers mattseattle
Without it explained like that, I'm presuming know-one would go to such lengths. But then I've got to take a look at where I'm posting. All the people that use this forum have to be as mad as me, or more some.
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mattseattle wrote: You need a PC that has a SATA controller in it.
I think I've got it now. Basically it's got to have a sata controller on the mother board. All new pc's come with sata hdd's in them, so therefore they must have sata connections on the mother board.
I didn't know the dvd writer that attached via sata could be used to connect a hdd though. (although google it and it's obvious)
I don't whether I don't know this, or have forgotten. I watched a dvd on how to build a pc a little while ago, which covered a lot of that stuff. Must've forgotten everything.
So if I go shopping and look for something similar, I should be able to disconnect the burner and connect my samsung hdd's?
With just a internal sata cable connection?
What should I look for regarding 'sata controller' on the spec or box? Some wording that'll tell me for sure?
Probably obvious, but I've given up here. No ego, need all the help I can get right now.
Thanks for getting back to me. I've come to the end of the road here with messing around. It's cost me too much money already. Should've gone with the WD caviars.
Let us know when you get a chance about the questions above. I'm going to bed to retarded once more.
Just thought of a question though. You said that you had no luck with Windows 7, which i presume come with the pc. You said you used XP. Did you just slap XP on the machine to accomplish the upgrade. Again probably obvious you did, but expecting know-one else would go to such lengths. So to clarify, you wiped windows 7 and replaced with xp? Does that make any difference as we're booting in Dos with the thumb drive?
I can't see what the difference would be in the Bios, as the Bios is the mother board isn't it? No OS used to open in Bios?
Let me know if this is making any sense as my brain is just swimming in all directions of IT right now. I think I might go and see Tron which is just being released over here and go for a total brain overload. Maybe I'll learn a thing or two.
Cheers mattseattle
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