topic Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE in PCs & Accessories

REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

alfredbeaven — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:54:17 GMT

Hi Folks
I own a notebook model PCG-FX902P but I am running out of harddrive space and I wonder if anybody out there can help me or advise me to upgrade to a bigger drive and where I can get help in this matter.

Living in hope

regards
alfredbeaven

Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

nick_pan — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:01:30 GMT

http://www.kahlon.com/rm202796_Sony_VAIO_PCG-FX902P_FX905P.html

nice seller of spare parts..dunno its a US site so probably only helpful if u live there..

otherwise, google it.. and u should get a load of results

Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

robpaxton — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:01:59 GMT

Shouldn't be too difficult - what size is your current drive?

Also consider using an external firewire/ilink drive.

Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

nick_pan — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:35:42 GMT

Also consider using an external firewire/ilink drive.

better option..

as you dont have to carry all your important data around with you when your on the move + just involves u purchasing an ext. Hard drive with a USB or firewire cable.
ie: all of them

Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

vaiodon — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:38:15 GMT

I'd recommend the external USB2/Firewire drive option too.

Couple of points to note:

Just beware of USB - assuming your laptop is USB2.0 (480Mbps transfer rate) then it'll be OK for a disk drive. If you hook up any other USB devices while the disk is connected then they might drag the USB speed down to USB 1.1 spec 12Mbps or worse.

USB will provide power to the disk.

Firewire/iLink is good but the 4 pin found connector on most laptops doesn't supply power to external devices so the power brick is needed.
You can buy external packs that'll do both - e.g. 80GB USB2/Firewire drive

However, I just put the same spec configuration together for a friend by buying the enclosure 2.5" disk Enclosure and Hitachi TravelStar 5K80 disk from dabs.com separately for about £150 total.

Re: REQUIRE BIGGER HARD DRIVE

kee-lo_ — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:13:49 GMT

That new WD 250GB drive is very nice with it's card reader, USB2 and Firewire.