Internal HDD upgrade question
02 July 2011, 01:20 PM
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Internal HDD upgrade question
I'm fed up with moving stuff around on the internal 350GB HDD, so it's time to upgrade. Problem is i don't know which one will work with my dated PC, all this SATA3, 2 blah blah.
It's for a Dell Dimension 5150 (don't laugh
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Didn't want to spend more than £50 and it seems there's some 2TB and a lot of 1TB for that price. (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254429)
It's for a Dell Dimension 5150 (don't laugh
)Didn't want to spend more than £50 and it seems there's some 2TB and a lot of 1TB for that price. (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254429)
02 July 2011, 02:26 PM
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Wow, that's freaky!
I bought a 5150 ages ago, and also a pair of Hitch Deathstar 1TB drives (one for backup) to act as my central "filestore" (but i still need to get around to building it properly).
Duzzn't help you, but a weird coincidence
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I bought my drives from eBuyer n'all
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Maybe time to buy a lottery ticket - is the Euro one still rolling over?
I bought a 5150 ages ago, and also a pair of Hitch Deathstar 1TB drives (one for backup) to act as my central "filestore" (but i still need to get around to building it properly).
Duzzn't help you, but a weird coincidence
p.s.
I bought my drives from eBuyer n'all
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Maybe time to buy a lottery ticket - is the Euro one still rolling over?
02 July 2011, 03:53 PM
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Didn't want to spend more than £50 and it seems there's some 2TB and a lot of 1TB for that price. (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254429)
still haven't got around to building my NAS storage though 
02 July 2011, 05:37 PM
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Common problem now,
I have 2 pc's that are semi dead due to hard drive failures....
Large IDE drives are now becoming thin on the ground...
Its all SATA, which the mobo's in these machines don't
Mart
I have 2 pc's that are semi dead due to hard drive failures....
Large IDE drives are now becoming thin on the ground...
Its all SATA, which the mobo's in these machines don't
Mart
02 July 2011, 06:00 PM
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It doesn't look like i've got a spare bay. And with it being so old, it could well be IDE, that rings a bell. So what exactly do i need to upgrade?
03 July 2011, 01:18 PM
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I google'd the spec. and I'm sure it said SATA somewhere...
Get creative and stick it onto the underside of the lid !
LoL
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Get creative and stick it onto the underside of the lid !
LoL
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03 July 2011, 01:38 PM
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Spec says it will run ide & sata
Primary IDE drive - one 40-pin connector
Serial ATA - two 7-pin connectors
04 July 2011, 10:17 AM
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That's great! Thanks guys. 
So i'll just buy a SATA drive and stick it in there somewhere. Excellent, i've like 25MB left and moved and archived off everything i can.
So i'll just buy a SATA drive and stick it in there somewhere. Excellent, i've like 25MB left and moved and archived off everything i can.
04 August 2011, 12:53 PM
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OK, so the drive arrived today. Is it just a case of copying the whole of C:\ onto it and it will boot up from the new drive i'll be able to remove c: ??
04 August 2011, 01:49 PM
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Ah man! This is proving to be a royal PITA. I've cloned it about 3 times now, everytime it partitions the new HDD to match the original. I don't want that. I just want all the data from C: (150gb), onto D: (2TB) so i can remove C:
Gave up on HDClone. I'm now trying EaseUS Todo Backup. At least the GUI was a little more informative about partitions etc. I'm running a partition clone, rather than disc clone, so let's see....
Gave up on HDClone. I'm now trying EaseUS Todo Backup. At least the GUI was a little more informative about partitions etc. I'm running a partition clone, rather than disc clone, so let's see....
07 August 2011, 03:02 PM
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I've removed C: and left it as an off-site backup. I replaced C: as i liked to have all the pictures under My Pictures and Documents etc under the Start Button, which would easily fill the old drive.
EaseUS Backup got the job done.
The only problem is now, the machine is running like a dog! Really slow. Any reason why that should be?
EaseUS Backup got the job done.
The only problem is now, the machine is running like a dog! Really slow. Any reason why that should be?
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