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    Acer 5520 Hard Drive Upgrade.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Mack1982, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. Mack1982

    Mack1982 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    - I ordered the 200GB Hitachi travelstar 7200rpm SATA I laptop hard drive. This is the first time that I am going to change the hard drive on a laptop, I have done it plenty of times on a desktop, its quite simple, however, when it comes to laptops is there any difference or issue that I should be aware of.

    - How would you adivse me to partition it for optimal performance.

    - Does anyone know the performance different between the Travelstar and Momentus (both 200 GB, 7200 rpm, however Momentus is SATA II Vs Travelstar SATA I)

    thanks
     
    Mack1982, Feb 25, 2008
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    nothing really. they are SATA so you could do a complete hard disk copy from one to another using software such as GHOST and a desktop system that has 2 SATA connectors.
    Partitioning is a personal thing and dependent on how you use your PC, as well as how you like to store things. I usually do 2 partitions, one for downloaded/personal items. I save nothing of importance to the partition that contains the OS install.
     
    goofball, Feb 25, 2008
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