07-11-2004, 03:05 PM
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Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB
Hey. I'm planning on getting this harddrive soon... link below...
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=38
i was wondering if I will have any problems installing it on my current system. and that is AMD XP 2400+, 512 ram, you know windows xp pro...would there be any issues or would it be a plug and play if you know what I mean.
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07-11-2004, 05:48 PM
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it should come with a card you have to install since windows will only recognize hard drives up to 137 gigs.
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07-11-2004, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by gigdy
it should come with a card you have to install since windows will only recognize hard drives up to 137 gigs.
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That might be contained in SP1 as HDs are getting bigger and bigger, Microsoft need to build in compatibility, so new hardware works out of the box
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07-11-2004, 07:02 PM
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you mean. OEM. haha 90 bucks for that western digital. =] so no problems at all...then its a all go then.
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07-12-2004, 02:19 AM
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www.tigerdirect.com
ends july 31. but there is a rebate but who cares.
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07-12-2004, 09:38 PM
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thanks a lot. haha I still have to figure out what I am gonna do with all the free space and with my other 80 gig that I already have. I need it anyways...my 80 is almost done with.
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07-13-2004, 08:59 PM
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I'm still curious about getting this harddrive. I want to get it, but yet again I dont what to deal with any problems that I might run into. So some of you said as long as I have SP1 it will work. So whats I install the drive along with win xp. I should get to it and install SP1? hmm...stupid 137 barrier.
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07-13-2004, 09:47 PM
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Thats is pretty cheap. I payed over 100$ US for my 120 SATA.
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07-13-2004, 09:51 PM
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So does anyone have the answers to my questions? or know anything?
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07-13-2004, 10:50 PM
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the drive is a OEM. so no software included. eh, i'll just order it.
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