Re: Good 200Gb Hard Drive for Dell8200

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Thanks Jonny
I haven't replaced the disk yet but have just replaced the cable with a round
screened 80way cable as have had some problems with the pc freezing and errors
showing problems with IDE1 etc. No problems since but it's still early to judge.

Thanks for the info on the disks,
Steve


"Jonny" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Every hard drive manufacturer has had bad batches of hard drives at one time
> or another in the past.
>
> People can only give you the benefit of their personal successes, not what
> yours will be upon your choice of any given hard drive make and model.
>
> The "missing pin", blanked connection is a typical ide 40 connector pin
> connection for WD hard drives. 80 wires is a sign of reduced internal data
> corruption from the internal PC RF environment, and reduced data residual felt
> from adjacent ide wiring. This type of cable works with IDE and EIDE hard
> drives, cdroms, cd burners, DVD players, and DVD burners. Many home PC
> builders replace this cable when replacing the hard drive.
>
> WD makes a 160GB and 200GB ATA/EIDE hard drive with either 2MB or 8MB onboard
> cache @7200 rpm spin rate.
> ............
> Jonny
> "Steve Bird" <stevenospambird@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OzTv9yJFGHA.916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi
>> I am looking for some recommendations as to a good 150-200GB internal HDD for
>> my home PC Dell 8200.
>> It has an 80way cable to 40pin IDC connector (1pin removed). Think this is
>> EIDE??? Not sure on this though.
>>
>> At the moment I only have a Western Digital WD600BB 60Gb disk and want to
>> upgrade
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>


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