Hard Drive Question

[Marius24]

Originally posted by clocker@10 February 2004 - 01:38
Chances are good that your new unit will come with the necessary screws and probably a new IDE cable also.

Is that a definate or a maybe?

[clocker]

That would be a vey strong "probably"...

[Skillian]

If you're getting that OEM one that MadCat posted I would guess it doesn't come with manual, screws or IDE cable. Though if you read the reviews at the ebuyer site you might be able to tell for sure.

[Marius24]

Originally posted by Skillian@10 February 2004 - 19:11
If you're getting that OEM one that MadCat posted I would guess it doesn't come with manual, screws or IDE cable. Though if you read the reviews at the ebuyer site you might be able to tell for sure.

and if it doesn't would i be able to get them from a local DIY/computer store?

[Skillian]

Yep, no problem. Just tell them what you're installing and they will give the screws to match. You will probably be able to download the manual from the manufacturer's website.

[tesco]

Originally posted by Marius24+10 February 2004 - 15:29--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Marius24 @ 10 February 2004 - 15:29)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Skillian@10 February 2004 - 19:11
If you&#39;re getting that OEM one that MadCat posted I would guess it doesn&#39;t come with manual, screws or IDE cable. Though if you read the reviews at the ebuyer site you might be able to tell for sure.

and if it doesn&#39;t would i be able to get them from a local DIY/computer store? [/b][/quote]
yes you will be able to buy them there, but what i did was I had like 6 screws holding in my cdrom drive in my old computer and 4 for teh hard drive but really IMO they each need only 2, so i gained 6 screws and used those for my harddrive, dvd rom and cdrw drives. check to see if your harddrive or cdrom drives have extra unneeded screws and take those out IF it doesnt come with them.

[Marius24]

ok, if it doesn&#39;t come with screws i will take them from my sisters pc

[Marius24]

i got my new hard drive

i installed it and started my pc. When my pc had started windows said new hard drive found and all was well. Then i went to my computers and theres nothing there

is that normal? If yes what do i do now its installed?

[Marius24]

I was looking on their site and found Western Digital Data Lifeguard. I used that and all is working well

Only problem is that the drive only shows up as 149 gb

[Marius24]

also what is better FAT32 or NTFS?

which cluster size is better 32k or 512 bytes?