Okay, my Windows drive on the King of Macs is just jam packed, and it slowly dawned on me that might be a teeny, tiny part of the reason why Windows boots are so slow. So I think I'm going to break down and get a new HDD.
I've tried to justify to myself getting a SSD, but money is tight and to really make use of a SSD I'm pretty sure I'd need to upgrade Windows 7, which turns a $100ish expense into over $300. Just can't do it.
So my questions are - in buying a new internal HDD are there any particular brands to purchase, or avoid?
Second - is there any way to comply copy / clone my old HDD over to the new one, rather than having to re-install Windows on it (or perhaps I should re-install Windows - it's been 3+ years).
Bad time to be buying HDDs, they are crazy expensive these days. If you can wait out the Thailand & Taiwan flooding, do.
There is : hiren.info & use one of the ghosting software.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 12:02:56 PM
Bad time to be buying HDDs, they are crazy expensive these days. If you can wait out the Thailand & Taiwan flooding, do.
There is : hiren.info & use one of the ghosting software.
Not really. SWTOR is just killing my storage space. I'm down to STO, SWTOR and EU3 on my drive, with only 20% free.
How big do you want to go?
I hate Seagate drive & I'm a WD fan boi. Hitachi always seemed nice but too expensive for my taste.
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=62047&vpn=WD20EARX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD This seems alright to me.
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
You can get a 2TB for 220$ or a 640GB for 120$.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 12:25:09 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
You can get a 2TB for 220$ or a 640GB for 120$.
Yeah I know - for double the price you get over triple the storage.
Where did you see 640GB for $120?
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:33:28 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 12:25:09 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
You can get a 2TB for 220$ or a 640GB for 120$.
Yeah I know - for double the price you get over triple the storage.
Where did you see 640GB for $120?
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65558&vpn=WD6400AARS&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 12:36:06 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:33:28 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 12:25:09 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
You can get a 2TB for 220$ or a 640GB for 120$.
Yeah I know - for double the price you get over triple the storage.
Where did you see 640GB for $120?
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65558&vpn=WD6400AARS&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD
Ordered.
And I ordered Win 7 as well - it just makes a lot of sense to finally upgrade if I'm having to do everything else to switch drives...
You wil love Win 7, in some ways it feels like MacOS
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
never had problems with Seagate. But I hear people using them extensively (as in Universities, or big businesses) have lots of problems with them.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 03:34:42 PM
You wil love Win 7, in some ways it feels like MacOS
I'm just looking forward to the computer finally recognizing all 10GB of RAM...
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 03:44:15 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 03:34:42 PM
You wil love Win 7, in some ways it feels like MacOS
I'm just looking forward to the computer finally recognizing all 10GB of RAM...
and then play a game that has no idea how to use more then 2GB. Altho, I doubt that swtor as that problem.
Quote from: viper37 on November 18, 2011, 03:35:33 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
I'm trying to go cheap. :( Use OS X to store all my data anyways - just use Windows to install games.
So stay away from Seagate, look at WD? I can do that. I'd probably get a smaller drive than the one you suggest though.
never had problems with Seagate. But I hear people using them extensively (as in Universities, or big businesses) have lots of problems with them.
The server has gone through three Seagate drives, including a SCSI-3 model, in the past seven years. Seagate is also the only manufacturer I've ever received a DOA drive from. Not touching them again.
Wow. Ordered Friday, arrived Tuesday.
Of course maybe I'm just surprised I'm no longer living at the edge of the known universe.
:cheers:
I doubt GF can help me, but I'll try anyways:
Instructions for installing Win 7 with Lion say that I need a portable HDD that is formatted MS-DOS FAT. My portable HDD is FAT 32. Do you think that is good enough (It's to install some boot camp drivers along with Windows - I didn't have to do that before because previous versions of OS X came with install disks, but Lion was download only).
Yes.
I'm surprised you can't use NTFS.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 23, 2011, 10:01:17 AM
Yes.
I'm surprised you can't use NTFS.
OS X doesn't play well with NTFS.
I see.
Quote from: Barrister on November 23, 2011, 10:06:45 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 23, 2011, 10:01:17 AM
Yes.
I'm surprised you can't use NTFS.
OS X doesn't play well with NTFS.
Yeah it is pain in the ass when trying to deal with NTFS.