Re: replacement hard drive

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: replacement hard drive
Date	2015-10-08 15:46 +1100
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"felix_unger" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message 
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> On 7/10/2015 12:21 AM, Max wrote:
>>
>> "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> wrote in message
>> news:5613af20$0$9128$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com...
>>>
>>> "Xeno" <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:mv065b$roo$1@dont-email.me...
>>>> On 6/10/2015 8:32 PM, felix_unger wrote:
>>>>> On 06-October-2015 7:09 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/10/2015 6:20 PM, Max wrote:
>>>>>>> If I wanted to replace this hard drive in a laptop, which 
>>>>>>> alternative
>>>>>>> hard drives would work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hitachi HTS545050B9A300
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One of the criteria I use is current consumption. I had 2 by 160 Gig
>>>>>> drives in my laptop as factory standard.
>>>>>
>>>>> never seen a laptop with two hard drives in it
>>>>
>>>> Trust me, they exist!  I have one. It's an 8 year old Toshiba Qosmio 
>>>> G35.
>>>> Top line spec - in its day! Now, not so much!
>>>>>
>>>>>> Together they consumed 2 amps in total. I replaced them with 2 x 500
>>>>>> GB Western Digital Blue HDDs and current consumption was halved. That
>>>>>> equates to a much better battery life.
>>>
>>> My son gave me one with 2 500GB drives then he took it back for his 
>>> missus
>>> to use, have
>>> not seen it since.
>>>
>>
>> What is the point of having 2 500GB drives?  You would never use all of 
>> that
>> capacity, and why not just have 1 1TB drive and partition it?
>
> a 1Tb drive would be faster too than 2 x 500gb drives

Not necessarily, particularly when move stuff between the drives.

And if you want speed you don’t use spinning drives.

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replacement hard drive "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-10-06 15:20 +0800
  Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 19:09 +1100
    Re: replacement hard drive "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-10-06 16:13 +0800
      Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 19:32 +1100
      Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 20:32 +1100
    Re: replacement hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 20:32 +1100
      Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 21:03 +1100
        Re: replacement hard drive "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-10-06 21:23 +1000
          Re: replacement hard drive "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-10-06 21:21 +0800
            Re: replacement hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-07 00:49 +1100
              Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-07 01:02 +1100
                Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:54 +1100
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              Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:46 +1100
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            Re: replacement hard drive "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-10-07 07:35 +1000
            Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:45 +1100
  Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 19:29 +1100
    Re: replacement hard drive "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-10-06 16:44 +0800
      Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 19:59 +1100
      Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 20:42 +1100
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          Re: replacement hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 21:30 +1100
          Re: replacement hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:42 +1100

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