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October 2nd, 2007, 06:37 PM
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OT: Computer upgrade advice
My hard drive is getting kind of full, so I've decided to upgrade.
I'm thinking, two 500GB HD's, one main one, one for backing up the other one, and XP Pro (Because I only have Home edition).
I don't intend to buy all this at once. Anyway, recommendations? Comments? Would it be better to wait for prices to go down?
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October 2nd, 2007, 07:12 PM
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Re: OT: Computer upgrade advice
How will XP Pro help with a full drive? If you decide to get XP Pro, make sure to order a OEM version, rather than waste a ton of money on a retail box. There is over 100% difference in price between them..
If you want to use the second drive as a backup, look into setting up a RAID 1 array with them (if your motherboard can support it, anyways). All data will be automatically mirrored to both drives, as it is written. That way, if one drive fails, all of your data is still on the other. You also get some minor read I/O performance gain.
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October 2nd, 2007, 08:28 PM
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Re: OT: Computer upgrade advice
backup drives are for suckers
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October 2nd, 2007, 09:11 PM
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Re: OT: Computer upgrade advice
@Fyron: Raid 1 looks about right. Can a raid array be set up after data has been written to the drive, or do both HD need to be bought and added at the same time?
@CW: Your post is lacking in information.
Thanks for the input.
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October 2nd, 2007, 10:06 PM
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Re: OT: Computer upgrade advice
You need identical and clean drives to set up a raid array, from what I know. You also need a raid controller.
I've to agree with CW; backup drives are rather unncessary for home/personal use computers, unless you're storing very important documents. I've never once actually had a drive fail on me, this with 4 desktop PC's and 6 laptops over a period of 10-12'ish years.
The cheapest 500gb drives seems to be at around 100-125$, both internal and external, I believe. Don't have much experience with external drives myself though, so I'm unsure how reliable they are.
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October 2nd, 2007, 10:26 PM
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Re: OT: Computer upgrade advice
Yeah, but 'cheapest' doesn't inspire confidence in the workmanship.
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