Hard Drive Question

[kinetic]

Hi,

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

~ Jamie West

 

[Dale Brisket]

Hi,

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

~ Jamie West

Chance are it will if you system is not more than, say, 5 years old. You can
download a trial versions of utilities like Dr. Hardware or Sisoft SANDRA
that will thoroughly scour your computers subsystems (video, hard drives,
audio, etc) and show you exactly what components you have.

 

[Peter]

Hi,

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

I doesn't matter. Hurry, before is too late.
(Post your motherboard model/make, BIOS date - from power-on screen)

 

[Rod Speed]

This may seem like a simple hard drive question, but .....

I'd like to replace a failing hard drive on my computer (Athalon).
However, when I look at IDE hard drives, they all indicate ATA-100 or
ATA-133. How do I know if the hard drive will work with my system?

They'll work fine.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Chance are it will if you system is not more than, say, 5 years old.

Is that how far your knowledge/experience stretches?

You can download a trial versions of utilities like Dr. Hardware or Sisoft
SANDRA that will thoroughly scour your computers subsystems (video,
hard drives, audio, etc) and show you exactly what components you have.

And that tells him what?