I agree, I prefer not to use the Maxblast software. I just use FDisk, and Format from a win98 startup floppy for a new system.
Only thing good in the Maxblast software is in the advanced button you can make a drive image, and copy drives.
But I hear that Ghost is the best for cloning drives.
As far as the speed goes, the 7200 and 5400 spin rate will not show much difference to the normal user.
Also you know about the newer ATA66 drives, they will only work at that faster speed if
these conditions exist: ATA66 controller ribbon is used, and motherboard supports the ATA66 speed, and
I think there is one other condition,but I forgot it. But don't worry the drive is backwards compatible.
All specific conditions have to work or the drive will run at a normal ATA33 speed. I have read that even
this newer ATA66 is not really noticeable to normal user. I am planning to install one of these newer 7200rpm
ATA 66 drives into my PC, and I will use the fast controller ribbon, however I do know right now that my motherboard
does not support it, so I will be expecting the same ATA33 out of it.
The reason you probably think the newer large drive is slow, is that it takes much longer to defrag/scandisk.
It is much bigger!!! It will take a long time if the drive is just one big partition.
good luck! All of my drives are Maxtor drives, and I have had good luck with them.
Sincerely,
Susan Stubbs
----- Original Message -----
From: Russell Smith
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] hard drive upgrade
mike kwiecinski wrote:
>
> I put this question in a few days ago but didn't receive any response.
> I have a HPpavilion4440 with a 4.3 gig hard drive. Have purchased and installed a Maxtor 20gig.
> Formatted using the Max-Blast software that came with the drive.
> The only thing that i didn't use was the drive interconect cable that came with the unit as i think my internal cable is the same.
> Am finding that the new drive seems to run a lot slower than my original even tho it is rated at 7200rpm.
> Any help would be appreciated .Also upgraded from 64 to 128meg of ram.
Scattershooting:
Running WinTune or Norton on both drives could provide comparison
figures. I wouldn't think the MaxBlast software would cause a slowdown,
but I prefer to not use non-DOS software in favor of an upgraded BIOS
that handles larger HDs. Flaky RAM might be a problem, but unlikely. The
cable shouldn't be the problem...the 40-pin cables usually either work
fine or fail completely and I normally leave the older cable in place
myself instead of removing it from the motherboard.
Later,
Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 ESC Abilene
http://camalott.com/~rssmith
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