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    Notebook Hard Drive Guide

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Dustin Sklavos, Nov 2, 2005.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Great Giude here! Please Write more!
     
    Thomas, Sep 25, 2007
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  2. xander7

    xander7 Notebook Consultant

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    Guys, i had an external hardrive and im already using it. one day, the external hd doesnt respond anymore. the pc/laptop can still recognize the external hd and sometimes i can still open it but when i try to open a folder from the external, my computer/laptops hangs up. and when i remove the external hardrive the pc/laptop goes back to normal. what seems to be the problem? some people says that the problem is the enclosure but the enclosure is just the case... or theres something about the enclosure? i really wanted to reformat the external HD but i had many files saved there, almost 80gb are already used. I NEED HELP please. Can i recover or backup my files? or is there a way to solve this problem? i already tried using it on other computers but still its not working.
     
    xander7, Oct 30, 2007
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  3. Nolan.Rivers

    Nolan.Rivers Notebook Guru

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    why do you suggest a 5400rpm hard disk for notebooks?
    wouldn't a 7200rpm be considerably faster? i've also heard that they don't emit much more heat so what's the dealio?
     
    Nolan.Rivers, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. FLHX07

    FLHX07 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no expert here but look at what date this thread started.
     
    FLHX07, Dec 31, 2007
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  5. eloidan

    eloidan Notebook Consultant

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    My Vaio Hard Drive had about 204 GB free space. Then I downloaded many files (music and film), and it went down to about 178 GB free space.

    I have now removed all those files (saving only a few), have emptied the Recycle Bin, run CCleaner, and ran a Control Panel/ Performance Info/ Open Disk Cleanup. Then shut off the computor.
    But the Computor/ Local Disk (C: ) shows only 179 GB of free space. How can it be? :confused:

    Do the memory cells wear out so that they can't be used over and over?
     
    eloidan, Mar 1, 2008
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  6. JimmyJ

    JimmyJ Notebook Consultant

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    Try running scan disk and defrangmenter. It used to happen for me too. The scan disk in Windows 9x and Me used to save me. But what I don't know now is how to run scan disk exactly
     
    JimmyJ, Mar 1, 2008
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  7. swalker27

    swalker27 Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know how much impact encoding does to notebook hard drives? I may be getting a laptop in the summer or fall and I would like to do some video encoding (2 pass). I won't be encoding videos a lot but I would still like the ability to do so without stressing the hard drive too much that it deteriorates faster.
     
    swalker27, Mar 1, 2008
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  8. eloidan

    eloidan Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you. Is there a download site for defrangmentation?

    It's still strange that none of the free HD memory has returned after erasing just about all the files. Defrangment is used when files get mixed up in order and location and therefore slows up the HD. But my files have been removed, so there should be some recovery of 20GB worth of memory!

    Does the HD actually wear out when you download, remove, and reload?
     
    eloidan, Mar 2, 2008
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  9. theseadragon

    theseadragon Notebook Consultant

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    Hi! I will be getting a HP dv9700t shortly and it ships with a 250GB 5400rpm SATA drive with a bay for a second HDD; are current notebooks' SATA HDDs 1.5GB/s or 3.0GB/s?
     
    theseadragon, Apr 6, 2008
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  10. espian8

    espian8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im pretty sure that sata ports speeds are interchangeable between 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps. Meaning that if you buy a 3Gbps hd, it should run fine on a 1.5Gbps max computer, (slightly slower though than the hard drive's max transfer speed of 3Gbps). In other words, I wouldnt worry about a compatibility issue.

    Any confirmation would be much appreciated.
     
    espian8, Apr 8, 2008
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  11. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    You may want to update this guide, IDE and SATA drive situation has changed and there are more SATA drives available than IDE.
     
    D3X, Apr 8, 2008
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  12. shes2daft4uhaha

    shes2daft4uhaha Newbie

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    I need to know if I have an Eide or a Sata HD. How would I know this? my Lappy is aboot 3 yrs old got it in 05 but the HD is shot (too rough w/ it :( ) I am pretty sure it is SATA ...
     
    shes2daft4uhaha, Apr 13, 2008
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  13. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Remove your HD and look at the back. Look on Wiki or Google to see what it looks like. SATA is smaller, IDE has a bunch of pins.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 14, 2008
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  14. bubbatex

    bubbatex Notebook Deity

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    Or just look it up in device manager - my 3yr old Sony has an IDE in it.
     
    bubbatex, Apr 16, 2008
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  15. stevoman

    stevoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    HI

    My laptop recently developed a problem, so i decided to rescue th data in them by gettingh them as ext. drives to my desktop.

    But now my problem is thar i can't boot into them. How can i do that pls?

    Thanks
     
    stevoman, Jun 16, 2008
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  16. OhSoCheesy

    OhSoCheesy Notebook Enthusiast

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    what do you mean you can't "boot into them"? You can't see them or you put it back in your laptop and it won't boot from it?
     
    OhSoCheesy, Jul 6, 2008
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  17. chen

    chen Notebook Deity

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    What about the new Toshiba external hard drives...anybody have any comments on them?
     
    chen, Aug 17, 2008
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  18. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    ****...how bad are MAXTOR HDDs?

    i go a 3.5" External HDD for myself at sale.

    already opened it..

    are they really that bad?

    Product name: Maxtor Basics 500 GB 7200 RPM

    p.s: This Maxtor is made AFTER Seagate acquisition
     
    Nocturnal310, Sep 22, 2008
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