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techie4fun

1,922 posts since
Oct 18, 2006

15. Jul 22, 2008 6:10 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

So off topic but how big is this new hard disk?

piyushsingh

2,378 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

16. Jul 22, 2008 6:16 PM

in response to: techie4fun

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

hmmm. 500gigs.

Nothing is true , Everything is permitted.

Flashorn

1,473 posts since
May 19, 2007

17. Jul 22, 2008 6:46 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Hey Piyush!!

If you are to get a new HDD , why not make it worth your while

and and get a 750 or a 1T and get it over with.

FLASHORN.

Patience is life.

techie4fun

1,922 posts since
Oct 18, 2006

18. Jul 22, 2008 6:59 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Flashorn wrote:Hey Piyush!!

If you are to get a new HDD , why not make it worth your while

and and get a 750 or a 1T and get it over with.

techie4fun

1,922 posts since
Oct 18, 2006

19. Jul 22, 2008 7:10 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Newegg carries 1 TB Hard-drives, for a price though

Flashorn

1,473 posts since
May 19, 2007

20. Jul 22, 2008 7:18 PM

in response to: techie4fun

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Hey Techie!!

Yes, the 1T are still a bit expensive but, the

750"s are coming around and falling fast.

Newegg.com .

Take a look!

FLASHORN.

Patience is life.

techie4fun

1,922 posts since
Oct 18, 2006

21. Jul 22, 2008 7:23 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Neat, almost half the price of what you were paying for XP Home Retail.

How many hard drives are in your machine?

Flashorn

1,473 posts since
May 19, 2007

22. Jul 22, 2008 7:33 PM

in response to: techie4fun

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Hey Techie!!

Now, you should know that I use a notebook as my main PC.

This one has a 320 Gig HDD @ 5000.

But the Monster downstairs in my wife's office has dual 500Gig.

Plus a Drobo as external. She's a boring Accountant. LOL!

That's how we met BTW, in college.

FLASHORN.

Patience is life.

Flashorn

1,473 posts since
May 19, 2007

23. Jul 22, 2008 7:46 PM

in response to: techie4fun

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

OK Techie!!

Here's one for you :

TigerDirect Seagate 1TB .

Try this on for SIZE!

FLASHORN.

Patience is life.

techie4fun

1,922 posts since
Oct 18, 2006

24. Jul 22, 2008 7:51 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Yeah, I forgot you recently made the purchase of the laptop. I still haven't got use for an Teryabyte HD, but the seagate is nice.

piyushsingh

2,378 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

25. Jul 22, 2008 7:56 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Flashorn wrote:
Hey Piyush!!
If you are to get a new HDD , why not make it worth your while

and and get a 750 or a 1T and get it over with.
FLASHORN.

http://forums.pcworld.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/5149/tinyleaf.gif

500gig is final and i have reasons for it.
This drive wont be a data drive but a backup drive. It will contains clones of my main system (250GB) and the older P3 (20+80GB) , that takes up 350 on paper. Rest i may use for not so important things.
I would trouble rgreen with this as he has experience with ghosting but this would be a little complicated coz two PCs backup will be dumped onto one drive , the main pc is already dual booted with a linux OS and the 150GB remaining will alos have to accommodate another linux OS apart from backup and some data. So its all calculated to get the most appropriate size.

You would ask whats the problem with a bigger drive ? The problem is that then i would start putting more data on the newer drive(as no one like space wasted) and this data wont have any backup. So to restrict myself , the size is limited . I hope all this makes some sense. lol

Nothing is true , Everything is permitted.

Flashorn

1,473 posts since
May 19, 2007

26. Jul 22, 2008 8:01 PM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Hey Piyush!!

Not only are you too polite you can also limit yourself!

That's how I want to be when I grow up.LOL!

FLASHORN.

Patience is life.

piyushsingh

2,378 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

27. Jul 24, 2008 10:00 AM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

Flashorn wrote:

That's how I want to be when I grow up.LOL!

sorry , but are you still "growing" ?

edit ~ why does someone need a terabyte of space on a single drive ?

Nothing is true , Everything is permitted.

lilxkid24

1,531 posts since
Jul 8, 2007

28. Jul 24, 2008 10:25 AM

in response to: piyushsingh

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

lol piyu you dont get the joke? People that like to store tons and tons of movies music and photos do need a 1tb hdd

piyushsingh

2,378 posts since
Jul 21, 2007

29. Jul 24, 2008 10:30 PM

in response to: lilxkid24

Re: Post you "shutdown" times here

you missed the point slightly. The thing was 1TB storage on a single drive, not total storage. If that drive goes bye-bye , then ??

Nothing is true , Everything is permitted.

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