Internal or External HD?
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There are 4 types with one being simply an internal drive used in an external usb cage. The second being one plugging into a usb port. The 3rd is the use of 1394 firewire being not coming that much closer to an eSata connection being the fastest means there.
With an eSata type you are simply plugging into an extension cable that runs directly to a sata port on the board. That works just like what you would see with any internal drive added in. Depending on model and space that would show if there's room for a second drive inside the case itself.
For being able to transfers a volume of files between different pcs as well as seeing a portable/removable storage drive then you would go external. For massive amounts some 2tb size external models are now being seen for the larger prices on those. But for an average user you first have to look at what works best for you.
With an eSata type you are simply plugging into an extension cable that runs directly to a sata port on the board. That works just like what you would see with any internal drive added in. Depending on model and space that would show if there's room for a second drive inside the case itself.
For being able to transfers a volume of files between different pcs as well as seeing a portable/removable storage drive then you would go external. For massive amounts some 2tb size external models are now being seen for the larger prices on those. But for an average user you first have to look at what works best for you.
The external used here at the present time is a usb model that I can use for transfering updates drivers from one connected online to any system not while being worked on or loohed at. There's a slight delay with any usb device while not too bad.
The one thing about having an external around is simply seeing something happen when moving the case for some reason and... crash! on the floor. oops! The same for any other external drive case if dropped. If the case has room? What model? most will simply go for even a larger internal drive especially ide on an older system.
The one thing about having an external around is simply seeing something happen when moving the case for some reason and... crash! on the floor. oops! The same for any other external drive case if dropped. If the case has room? What model? most will simply go for even a larger internal drive especially ide on an older system.
Okay, an internal hard drive would be for me then. I have a Dell Dimension that's over a year old. 3 GHz with P4 processor. How do I go about knowing which internal hard drive can work inside this computer? Searching internal hard drives at Dell, I come across alot that end up being for Laptops, and I don't know what "rpm" I should be gunning at or my machine is able to run, or whether I should get "SCSI". Thanks again
cohen
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Would dell have IDE???
Because being that old i would they would be IDE.... and i;m sure the guys give you a link on what hard drive you should get....
But if it is IDE then we can go from there.
You would be surprised to learn that a 7,200rpm sata drive is no faster then a 7,200rpm ide model by the same make and size! While on a faster bus you are still restrained to the ATA 100/133 standard.
The Raptors are the drives running at 10,000rpm that see a faster rate while hard drives can only go so far speed wise in their present form. A new type of storage medium is what will actually see fastes real times perhaps the new file indexing system still in the works for the next version of Windows will address this more.
The Raptors are the drives running at 10,000rpm that see a faster rate while hard drives can only go so far speed wise in their present form. A new type of storage medium is what will actually see fastes real times perhaps the new file indexing system still in the works for the next version of Windows will address this more.
You don't add a drive by way of any ethernet connection on the same system. That would be accessing a drive remotely through an ethernet connection from one system to another. The three types of methods are usb, firewire, or through an eSata type port being a simple extension cable for plugging a drive seen in an external casing directly into a sata port on the board itself or an addon controller card.