Maxtor OneTouch II - 300GB - Can the drive be replaced?

[ChrisE]

Hi,

I'm am planning to replace the hard drive in my pc with a larger one.
The old drive is a 120 gb ATA drive which I want to put in an external
casing with USB 2.0 connection and use for backup.

The simples way is ofcourse to by an external case and a new hard
drive...

But I can get my hands on a Maxtor OneTouch II - 300gb external drive
at a VERY resonable price.

This leads me to my question. Can I replace the drive in the Onetouch
with my old drive, and put the 300 gb drive in the Onetouch II in my
pc?

The way I see it there could be 2 issues: Either that the Onetouch
drive have some special bios/bootsector of some kind that prevents me
from putting the old drive in the case. Or the Onetouch uses the S-ATA
interface, in which case I wont be able to use it either.

Neither Maxtor's website nor google has provided me with an answer on
this so I'm hoping for some help here.

Anyone?...

Regards,

Christian

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi,

I'm am planning to replace the hard drive in my pc with a larger one.
The old drive is a 120 gb ATA drive which I want to put in an external
casing with USB 2.0 connection and use for backup.

The simples way is ofcourse to by an external case and a new hard
drive...

But I can get my hands on a Maxtor OneTouch II - 300gb external drive
at a VERY resonable price.

This leads me to my question. Can I replace the drive in the Onetouch
with my old drive, and put the 300 gb drive in the Onetouch II in my
pc?

The way I see it there could be 2 issues: Either that the Onetouch
drive have some special bios/bootsector of some kind that prevents me
from putting the old drive in the case. Or the Onetouch uses the S-ATA
interface, in which case I wont be able to use it either.

Third issue: The cooling of the one-touch might be inadequate
for your drive. Rumour has it that it is barely enough for
the drive Maxtor uses, and that is a 5400rpm model.

Other than that, I don't see why Maxtor should prevent you
from changing the drive. It is not really that cheap compared to
the bare drive plus an other enclosure of you choice.

Arno

 

[Neil Maxwell]

This leads me to my question. Can I replace the drive in the Onetouch
with my old drive, and put the 300 gb drive in the Onetouch II in my
pc?

I have a Maxtor 80GB FW external and recently tried to put a newer
160GB drive in it. The new drive wouldn't even spin up, though it
works fine in a generic USB enclosure. My guess is the new drive's
power requirements are too much for the little internal supply.

The only way to find out is to try.

 

[manoj.co.in]

hi,
yes you can you attached 300g.b hdd in secondory drive ok,
after you download tool from maxtors.com this tool support larger drive
capacity & you install usb 2.0 drivers. hopes solved your prob.