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Ceratapetalum · 09-11-2006, 01:44 PM

No worries thanks ladies and gents for that, i understand the external hard drives, i have a Lacie 250 gig and also an Iomega 120 gig.

It may sound like alto of storage, especially when i have two 250 gig drives in my PC now but its not enough.

Reason being, my music collection is almost 250 gig, if i have it on my PC and also on the slave on my PC thats all good and gives me a backup. However, it does not allow for the back up of my regular files, say 30 gig, which i can use the 120 gig Iomeag for.

That leaves the 250gig Lacie, well i need that seperate for swapping MP3 collections. I fill it with my collection, give it to someone else who then down loads it then copies their collection onto it. I then sift through their collection and get rid of all the double ups and keep all the higher bit albums and ones i dont have to increase my quality and collection.

Soooooo, to expand my collection further i will need another 250 gig drive at least, maybe two, to make sure whatever i get from friends will be stored and also backed up. With 250 gig already on the PC and duplicated on the backup 250 gig it leaves no room for expansion so i will be adding another one.

So sounds like slaving the third to the CD/DVD is not the ideal and could slow my PC down, dont really want that!!!

I understand that i could get bigger IDE drives but, i would rather have a few more smaller drives. Not sure if that is a logical approach?
Also i am buying the 250 gig Seagate IDE's for $104.00 AUD so they are cheap.

So, please tell me more about the SATA controller. That sounds like it would be the most suitable.
How much?
Could a novice like myself put it in or would i get this done at the computer shop?
How do i find out if my PC has SATA capability?
If it doesnt what can i do to sort it out.

Bring on Blue Ray Burners i say, 50 gig to one DVD and all my problems will be solved!!!

GIVE ME MORE STORAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again if you are able to help.

09-11-2006, 01:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ceratapetalum New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	No worries thanks ladies and gents for that, i understand the external hard drives, i have a Lacie 250 gig and also an Iomega 120 gig. It may sound like alto of storage, especially when i have two 250 gig drives in my PC now but its not enough. Reason being, my music collection is almost 250 gig, if i have it on my PC and also on the slave on my PC thats all good and gives me a backup. However, it does not allow for the back up of my regular files, say 30 gig, which i can use the 120 gig Iomeag for. That leaves the 250gig Lacie, well i need that seperate for swapping MP3 collections. I fill it with my collection, give it to someone else who then down loads it then copies their collection onto it. I then sift through their collection and get rid of all the double ups and keep all the higher bit albums and ones i dont have to increase my quality and collection. Soooooo, to expand my collection further i will need another 250 gig drive at least, maybe two, to make sure whatever i get from friends will be stored and also backed up. With 250 gig already on the PC and duplicated on the backup 250 gig it leaves no room for expansion so i will be adding another one. So sounds like slaving the third to the CD/DVD is not the ideal and could slow my PC down, dont really want that!!! I understand that i could get bigger IDE drives but, i would rather have a few more smaller drives. Not sure if that is a logical approach? Also i am buying the 250 gig Seagate IDE's for $104.00 AUD so they are cheap. So, please tell me more about the SATA controller. That sounds like it would be the most suitable. How much? Could a novice like myself put it in or would i get this done at the computer shop? How do i find out if my PC has SATA capability? If it doesnt what can i do to sort it out. Bring on Blue Ray Burners i say, 50 gig to one DVD and all my problems will be solved!!! GIVE ME MORE STORAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again if you are able to help.