Search results

Thanks guys. Done :)

Didn't find about the differences, but apparently people say use AHCI on modern rings.

Somebody asked me to install Windows 7, 64 bit on their brand new PC. i5, asus p7p55d-e In BIOS there is a setting: Configure SATA as IDE I wonder whether I should leave it as it is. I think it might be a better idea to set it as AHCI? Thanks!

No. It is not. I have been warned about VIA...so, I know whom to blame :eek: Thanks for the s/w. I will have a look at it.

However, there is one thing that worries me. With USB, when you want to disconnect device you have an icon where you tell which one to Safe Remove. What about hot swappable SATA HD? I have no means to disconnect it via s/w.

:):):) Lets hope it does, at least I am going to pretend so :rolleyes:

So, you think it might have the hot swap feature in it?

AFAIK, it has RAID config. utility. I installed drivers only, since I don't need RAID.

How can I switch it on/off, or find out whether it is available on the PCI card in the first place?

OK. Thanks a lot for your help :) We will see...

I mean. I tried it. Just insert it when the system is up. It would be recognised withing 10 seconds. I would use it then pull out. I repeated it a few times but I don't know whether it makes any damage or has a potention of damaging...HD? data? pci card? motherboard?

:( What happens if I insert caddy and take it out of the computer when the computer is up and running?

I have got a cheap card. VIA VT6421A

I recently got some sort of external sata caddy. It says if my motherboard supports hot swappable SATA, I can just put a HD in and remove it whenever I want to. The motherboard is quite old Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 It has onluy 2 SATA slots, so I bought PCI card with 2 additional SATA slots and...

Thanks!

I didn't find any Antec or Vantec(don't know this brand) 2.5" enclosures.

I see. Thanks!

I know you have suggested one case already. I have found a few more. Which one would you choose? http://www.amazon.co.uk/2-5-SATA-eSATA-External-Enclosure/dp/B000S89NQG/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_img_b...

My only excuse is that I ...I feel embarrassed.

Oops. My bad. I assumed - case - computer case. Sorry about it. I am going to look at it now.

I don't want it to be in the case permanently. I must be portable, so I can take it with me to work and so on. I have 320G WD and I like it very much, but I formatted it to get rid of their s/w.

Yup. This is the older edition. As I said, I buy either it or maybe Samsung if I hear anything positive about it.

Hi All. I was about to buy WD passport 500G when I noticed that they released a new edition and accordingly to the majority of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk...

Fantastic. Ta!

I bought Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for my wife's laptop. Then I bought a netbook and I thought of buying another VX nano for the netbook. The question is could they interfere with each other? Say, my wife is using a laptop's mouse but the pointer moves...

No one would buy anything special. I will look at "ISV Certified Graphics Workstations" for myself, just to learn what it is. I am just trying to help some teachers to persuade IT Services that they need new workstations or in the worst case scenario a good upgrade that would include not just...

Screen size/resolution 17", 1280x1024 I have a class full of Stone Computers. CPU - 3.2G RAM - 2x512M Video - sapphire radeon x300E 128M HD - Seagate ST3120827AS Barracuda 120GB 8MB SATA Teachers complain about sluggishness and they asked me to help them to justify a request for faster...

Hi! I would like to know real life system requirement for AutoCAD 2008 System Requirements. Not the System Requirements from AutoCAD website. Anyone who is supporting the s/w or using it? I know that the min is 1G RAM and Video card 128M. But how much do you need in reality for comfortable...

admin domain/server if it is about admins. do less in doman if it is about a bit more restictive users, Power Users, only I don't see Power Users options in domain :( I think I should thank you guys for your help but I just don't know enough and don't want to confuse you. I just realised that...

I am just too ignorant/stupid. The idea is: I create a group and add users to the group. Not necessary admins. It might be Power Users. I can create new users and go to their properties and add them to Power Users. But instead of doing this to every new user, I thought I might add 10 new users...

I would like to create a new group. Each time I create a new user in this group the user automatically receives all admin rights in the doman. Is it possible? Ta!

Quite possible. Then in 1-2 years SSD drives might evolve a bit further :)

Not much feedback anyway :(

Windows XP 32bit and I am planning to stay this way for now. Maybe later I would consider moving to Windows 7 if it is any good.

Not ALL my programs. Only games. I have AMD 3500+ venice, 2x1G memory. 2 HDs. 200G devided into 2 partitions and one 120G for rubbish. I am going to buy i7 system some time in January/February/March. Depends on prices. So, right now I am doing some researches and prepare for it :) Right now I...

From Tom's Hardware charts WD black is one of the best among standard HDs.

My system partition is 20G and it has 7G free after 2.5 years of heavy use. Although I do not install games on system partition.

Could you give a link to any benchmarks about it please? I didn't know that any 7200 HD stands even close to the last generation velocity raptors. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144531

I see. I avoid RAID.

I was thinking to use SSD as a system drive only, so 32G would more than enough. Maybe I was wrong...