Cheap 120 gig hard drive at komplett

RasTa · 21-08-2003 5:48pm #1

just after ordering myself one of these badboys
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?action=info&AvdID=1&CatID=9&GrpID=1&p=19613&s=fp

Dr Bolouswki · 21-08-2003 5:52pm

yup - got me one the other day... sitting in an optical bay with 3 fans blowing kisses over it... oh yeah!

BigEejit · 21-08-2003 6:30pm

That drive looks like great value alright ... €113 + p&p for a 120GB drive .... a euro per gig ... hopefully this will become a more common sight

dragon_ninja82 · 26-08-2003 6:24pm

www.jaguarcompsys.ie have a 120 gig hard drive going for €99 :ninja:

Jam · 26-08-2003 9:33pm

Dragon_ninja, it's 99e EX VAT. Add 21e onto that.

dragon_ninja82 · 26-08-2003 9:49pm

opps didnt see that, still you'll save yourself around 5 euro when you take into account postage from komplett :ninja:

Mercury_Tilt · 26-08-2003 9:54pm

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Fabritzo · 31-08-2003 11:59pm

They have one for €99 this week...if I remember correctly the other one has 8mb of cache....this one has 2mb, still 7200rpmz tho

obewan · 02-09-2003 12:39am

Has anyone had any difficulties "Partitioning" the 120GB Western Digital drive. If not what software did you use t oPartition it?

I tried with Partition Magic 7 but it refuses to do so.

Mick.

slartibardfast · 02-09-2003 1:32pm

just use fdisk under Windows 9x or the built in disk managment function with Windows 2000/XP (under control panel\administrative tools\computer managment\storage\disk managment)

I'd only use NTFS with a disk so big, which rules out Windows 9x for me.

good luck

obewan · 02-09-2003 9:18pm

Thanks for replying. I got PM 8 to-day and it looks like it's gonna work out ok. Thanks again.

Mick.

colin300 · 03-09-2003 12:47pm

can u format a disk into NTFS from XP?
What can u use to do this?

molinaalexis · 04-09-2003 6:23pm

colin 300 :

Yes you can, using de command Convert you can make a FAT 16 or 32 in to NTFS in a blink, without exiting windows XP

dudara · 08-09-2003 5:15pm

this hard drive is the business if you're thinking of customising your x-box. great value. Think I'll be ordering one.

On another point, I lost the disk administrator tool in XP. any ideas how to re-install it?

blorg · 10-09-2003 8:28am

Dudara,

It's under (Control Panel) > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Managment.

If it's not there, try Control Panel > Add and Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components.

colin300:

Convert will do what is says on an existing FAT drive, otherwise you need to partition and format. Note that a converted drive will likely have a non-optimal cluster size so you are better off formatting if you have the option (eg. if it's a new install).

colin300 · 10-09-2003 8:48am

How would I convert it to ntfs without XP on the drive then?

LegacyUser · 10-09-2003 8:56am

you could slave the drive on a machine with xp or win2k or use partition magic

blorg · 10-09-2003 9:02am

Colin,

Please tell us exactly what you want to do. If you have XP/2000/NT already, you can format the drive as NTFS easily through the OS, without using any third party tools. If you are using 95/98/ME, these OSes can't read NTFS so there would be no point formatting it as NTFS anyway.

colin300 · 10-09-2003 9:25am

What I want to do is format a drive into NTFS from FAT32 without an operating system on the drive.
I will be using XP.

Is there anything that can do this without xp it would probably be on a floppy disk.

blorg · 10-09-2003 9:31am

Do you have the hard disk already, with data that you want to keep, in FAT32? Is there an OS currently on the drive?

Or is it a new hard disk?

LegacyUser · 10-09-2003 9:36am

Originally posted by colin300
What I want to do is format a drive into NTFS from FAT32 without an operating system on the drive.
I will be using XP.

Is there anything that can do this without xp it would probably be on a floppy disk.

if you are gonna be installing xp on that drive you will be given an option during setup to convert it to ntfs

colin300 · 10-09-2003 9:36am

its new I wouldn't like to try it with a old one with stuff already on it because it really can't work correctly with stuff on the drive for instance stuff like partition magic doesn't work well in my eyes.

blorg · 10-09-2003 9:50am

If it is new, it isn't formatted at all, so there is no issue of 'converting' from FAT to NTFS.

Ok - is it going to be the only hard drive in the system or is it a second one?

Presuming it is the only hard drive, the XP install CD will sort it all out for you. Just boot from the CD and away you go, just select NTFS when you are given the choice.

colin300 · 10-09-2003 2:21pm

Yeah its the only hard drive on the system thanks.

On the question of booting from the cd how would this be done because I have a XP Home cd with SP1 on it but the thing doesn't boot and I've tried all the stuff on the net using nero and easy cd creator.

Can anyone help me on this matter?

LegacyUser · 10-09-2003 2:26pm

Originally posted by colin300
Yeah its the only hard drive on the system thanks.

On the question of booting from the cd how would this be done because I have a XP Home cd with SP1 on it but the thing doesn't boot and I've tried all the stuff on the net using nero and easy cd creator.

Can anyone help me on this matter?

if its a bootable cd go into the bios and set the boot order to boot off cd rom drive first, then boot with the cd in the drive, if it's a bootable cd it will boot,
if its not it won't and you will have to boot off a floppy disk that has cd rom support, go to the cd rom drive and run winnt in the i386 folder

blorg · 10-09-2003 2:56pm

I'm sensing from your mention of CD burning programs that this may not be a legit copy of XP :rolleyes: - the legit copies are all bootable and I'm taking a guess that it isn't a hardware or BIOS problem. Apologies if I'm wrong. bananayoghurt's suggestion of the floppies is probably your best bet - Microsoft actually have a downloadable floppy set for this purpose - have a look at http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q310/9/94.asp

colin300 · 10-09-2003 3:02pm

it is a legit copy. I got it wit my computer from dell.

Its not that anytime i try booting straight from a cd i get no luck but i've never tried booting the cd first that might work for me.
I have the set of floppys but that is just a big mess 6 floppys to boot to a floppy thats a bloody joke instead of one for 98.

blorg · 10-09-2003 3:20pm

In that case, is it possible that the CD is a recovery disk rather than a copy of Windows XP, e.g. a disk with Windows XP embedded in it but not a standard Windows XP disk? Did your computer not come with XP already installed if Dell supplied you with the OS disk?

Or are you trying to replace the existing Dell hard disk with a new one? (In this case I would recommend leaving the existing XP installation alone and just installing the new hard disk as a second hard disk).

EDIT - note that if it's an upgrade, you won't be able to install XP on a blank disk, you will have to install it on one with a previous OS already there.

parasite · 10-09-2003 3:25pm

for your dell comp keep pressing f12 when you turn on your computer until you get to a screen that allows you to choose to boot from your cd

colin300 · 10-09-2003 3:46pm

yeah it was embedded that was the problem that was why i wanted to make the cd bootable because it doesn't boot. Also because I have a mate that has dell laptop and he got the blaster virus and he couldn't boot directly from the cd so he had to install 98 first.

blorg · 10-09-2003 3:52pm

What does the disc say on it - something like 'Dell Restore Disc for Optiplex ...' or 'Microsoft Windows XP'. The restore discs will only work on the original computer, very possibly only on the original hard disk - they work by wiping the hard disk with a factory image.

If you put the disc in to a working computer, what does it do?

colin300 · 10-09-2003 4:12pm

comes up with install screen for XP.
Reinstallation disk it says.

blorg · 10-09-2003 4:17pm

Please explain a little more about the computer you want to install it on, as per above - does it not already have XP on it?

colin300 · 10-09-2003 4:25pm

no you see its the same as above with my mate he had format the drive because the blaster virus got to it and he couldn't boot from the cd so I just want to tell him how to make a bootable version because he got very annoyed have to sit through 2 installs as i'm sure you would be to.

blorg · 10-09-2003 4:35pm

I think your best bet is the six floppy disk option, it's hardly the end of the world. Certainly it would be easier than making a non-bootable Windows XP CD bootable (this is possible, it's just not as easy as the six floppy disk option).

The six floppy disks don't install XP, they just start the computer up, you then use the CD as normal. So there is no issue of installing XP twice.

Is the disc you are trying to use to reinstall XP the one that came with your friend's computer?

colin300 · 10-09-2003 4:37pm

if you mean was the copy he used was it his yes it was.
He bought a laptop.
I have a PC.

So I have a XP cd and so does he.

blorg · 10-09-2003 4:43pm

I'm just asking as OEM restore discs are generally tied to the particular model of computer, a disc for another computer model won't work. I'd recommend the six floppy disk option - it might be worth ringing Dell support and asking them what specifically to do, they would know better than us if it is a Dell-specific disc.

colin300 · 10-09-2003 4:44pm

yeah i'll give it a shot.

Cheap 120 gig hard drive at komplett

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