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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 ...
The computer I bought just said this on the box:
500GB SATA hard drive
Store 333,000 photos, 142,000 songs or 263 hours of HD video and more
I took out the HD that had Win 7 on it and put in a spare HD I had and installed Win XP. After I was done with XP I just switched the hard disks out and put Win 7 in. It was the quickest way. If you have the thumb drive already created you can skip all that which sounds like you do. Just copy the samsung patch onto the thumb drive.
I think even the WD drives you had to do something patch wise with them. That is why I went ahead and bought a PC - just in case...
I hope this helps.
Cheers
500GB SATA hard drive
Store 333,000 photos, 142,000 songs or 263 hours of HD video and more
I took out the HD that had Win 7 on it and put in a spare HD I had and installed Win XP. After I was done with XP I just switched the hard disks out and put Win 7 in. It was the quickest way. If you have the thumb drive already created you can skip all that which sounds like you do. Just copy the samsung patch onto the thumb drive.
I think even the WD drives you had to do something patch wise with them. That is why I went ahead and bought a PC - just in case...
I hope this helps.
Cheers
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