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    AS5920G - Buying spare HD for RAID

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by MatuX, Sep 3, 2007.

  1. MatuX

    MatuX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    Is it possible for me to buy a spare HD so I can have two 160gb HDs to do RAID?
    Would I need to re-install everything? Does Vista come in a separate OEM DVD? Or...?

    Regards,
    Matías
     
    MatuX, Sep 3, 2007
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  2. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    No .5920 have only one HDD bay :cool:,So no RAID BTW you can have SATA AHCI mode
    Reinstall Drivers will give you better performance

    5920 package come without OEM DVD
     
    bigspin, Sep 3, 2007
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  3. MatuX

    MatuX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmmm... Then is it possible I could upgrade the HD to a single 250gb 7200rpm or more?
    If so, would I need to reinstall everything (ie. Vista), is that easy/possible?
     
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  4. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Don't know about 7200Rpm HDDs, But performance is questionable .... :rolleyes:
     
    bigspin, Sep 3, 2007
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    Yes, you should be able to use a 7200 RPM, and the performance increase should be fairly sizeable. Start up times for the notebook should be improved, and general system responsiveness should be improved. The hard disk may get slightly warmer, but its not a massive increase, more of just a few degrees.
     
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    How would you get your recovery partition onto a new hard drive?
     
    darkspark88, Sep 4, 2007
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  8. bigspin

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    Sorry..My First experience with 7200Rpm is not good.
    It's seagate 7200Rpm Notebook HDD Drive & It never pass 40Mbps average transfer mark :mad:
    BTW you make me to buy 7200Rpm Hitachi HDD...Let's see....Thanks for the link :)
     
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    Sorry, didn't wany to make you spend money. :eek: These new Hitachi drives are quite expensive I' afraid.
     
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  10. anthony99

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    but worth it if you have the cash spare
     
    anthony99, Sep 4, 2007
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