Hi,
I want to buy a 750GB hard disk.
Speed and reliability are important, but noise isnt. I intend to use the drive as my OS drive.
I want to avoid Western Digital, as I have been using these drives for the last 4 yrs and every drive I've had, failed within the first 18 months, 100% of the time.
Seagate have been the most reliable drive for me, as I have never had a failed Seagate (which I have been using for the last 4yrs or so).
I'm looking at the 7200.10. Can anyone tell me the difference between the 8MB cache version and the 16MB version? The price difference is about £5 - should I pay the extra?
I wanted to go the route of the Samsung F1, however, they seem to be having an unusually high failure rate, so I'm looking at another manufacturer.
Also, is it true that Windows XP Pro (32 bit), cant handle more than 2048GB of hard disks? If I get the 750GB hard disk, I will be going past this 2048GB limit.
Thanks
I want to buy a 750GB hard disk.
Speed and reliability are important, but noise isnt. I intend to use the drive as my OS drive.
I want to avoid Western Digital, as I have been using these drives for the last 4 yrs and every drive I've had, failed within the first 18 months, 100% of the time.
Seagate have been the most reliable drive for me, as I have never had a failed Seagate (which I have been using for the last 4yrs or so).
I'm looking at the 7200.10. Can anyone tell me the difference between the 8MB cache version and the 16MB version? The price difference is about £5 - should I pay the extra?
I wanted to go the route of the Samsung F1, however, they seem to be having an unusually high failure rate, so I'm looking at another manufacturer.
Also, is it true that Windows XP Pro (32 bit), cant handle more than 2048GB of hard disks? If I get the 750GB hard disk, I will be going past this 2048GB limit.
Thanks
