Speed

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:25

My son's computer currently only has a crap hard drive.

i was thinking of upgrading it, but roughly how much faster would a new
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-245-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 be compared to the drive he has in now?

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:31

yeah even though the pc is fairly old - it's got 5 sata ports on the mother board.

with the new drive being faster, will this greatly reduce windows and games loading time?

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:40

cheers.

one thing, do new drives come with sata connectors?

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:43

is there a way to get around doing a fresh install?

i'd like to copy the current info off the old disc to the new one.
As i've just spent 3 days sorting out a new install etc..

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:48

Sasahara said:
The drives have sata connections, but the oems sould here won't come with the cables.

So you'll need 1 Sata cable to connect it to the mobo

Check if you psu have a sata power cable, if not you can gat a molex to sata power adaptor.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-052-GE

Cheers

Blackbadger said:
To clone the drive something like this should be good.

http://www.acronis.co.uk/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

The trial should be fine - lasts 15 days.

Will this work even though the current drive has a 5gb partition?

stokecity_m · 22 May 2009 at 23:58

Cheers guys

i think once the old drive has been copied successfully, i might as well keep it for back up.