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chris_uk

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 14:24

i remember wen a 13gb was £200!


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 14:04

its a 98 machine ,im goin to check the ret of the spec now

i know its only go a pentium2 as i just saw it


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 14:03

just took the old one out :lol:a 4gb seagate


mjw_2k2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 14:01

best choice - get the 80gb and install xp then u got plenty space for woteva ur gonna use it for


mjw_2k2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 14:00

bloody hell 80gb for £50? mad ye 2 years ago i paid that much for my 20gb hard drive!!!


paul_spurrell

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:36

what spec is the PC? If its old may need to update the BIOS to take bigger disks


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:27

okay cheers mate


Dan B

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:26

The 80Gb? Yeah, I'd say that's a decent enough price......and I've always trusted IBM as a decent brand of hard-drive.


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:23

think ill go for that one one then dan ,is that a good deal ?


Dan B

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:22

It's not worth buying smaller than 80Gb, because the prices hardly come down at all the smaller you go under that......check the comparison:

IBM 82.3Gb = £49.35
IBM 41.1Gb = £42.89

Swapping over is almost as simple as unplugging one, and slotting the new one in, and plugging it back in (some new BIOSes will auto-detect the drive, and you're left with just formatting it).


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:21

yes i get what you mean chris .i dnt want to keep any thing on the machine .so should i just start from scratch ,get new HD and put xp on it instead of 98?


chris_uk

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:21

quote:
Originally posted by antonOO2
cheers guys ,the machine will be mainly for running dreamwever and fireworks and microsoft office .would a 20gb be big enough ?

what is the process of changin one ,as my cousin normally does them for us.

cheers


i would reccomend more like a 60Gb drive for wat you want to do.. are you runnin XP?


chris_uk

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:19

depends how big.. anything less than 5gb isnt really worth using as a seperate hard disk. only thing i can reccomend is using it as a swap file. so you have
C:\ x gb
D:\ x gb
E:\ 5gb Swap File
F:\ CD Rom

The reason i would reccomend using it as a swap file is bcoz it will take less time to search for the files windows wants in 5gb (E:\ Swapfile) than in 20gb (C:\)

this clear? i dont think it is. :lol:


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:18

cheers guys ,the machine will be mainly for running dreamwever and fireworks and microsoft office .would a 20gb be big enough ?

what is the process of changin one ,as my cousin normally does them for us.

cheers


Dan B

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:17

82.3Gb IBM/HGST Deskstar 180GXP ATA-133 (7200rpm, 2MB Cache, 8.5ms) on a 1-year-warranty

Decent size, decent make, all for £49.35 inc VAT

Find it on http://www.scan.co.uk where you can collect or mail-order...


Marc

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:16

10gb?


antonOO2

 posted on 26th Nov 03 at 13:13

on our second Pc the hard dive it very very small ,and i mean small .what would you guys recomend,not overly large.

cheers