-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Seagate Hard Drive Question
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:58:10 -0400
Multiple hard drives within a single system do not have to be matched in any
way as long as they are based on technology used by the mainboard. In other
words, if your mainboard only supports the IDE interface, you'll have to get
a hard drive that uses that. Most mainboards made today support both IDE
and SATA interfaces, which makes things a bit easier. If your board does
have SATA support, you can somewhat future-proof your purchase by getting a
SATA-based drive (IDE is being phased out).
However, different manufacturers offer different warrantees. Seagate has
the best one at 5 years. Most others are either 1 or 3 years with 1 year
being the terrible 'norm'. I try to avoid companies that show a lack of
trust in their own products like that.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Seagate Hard Drive Question
> According to Belarc I have a Hard Drive (ST325082AS)
>
> and when I googled it came up with this:
>
> SEAGATE ST325082AS 250GB 3GB/S SATA7200RPM 8MB CACHE HARD
> DRIVE OEM
>
>
> Now I'm thinking of adding a much bigger hard drive to my
> existing one. Does it have to be a Seagate?
>
> Judith
---------------------------------------------------------------
Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything
below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary.
To unsubscribe or change your email settings:
//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
To access our Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to:
pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---------------------------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
