I can tell you about one of my experiences...

I went from a 386 DX 40 with 16MB RAM with a 250 MB HD, to a P 75 with 32MB
RAM... I kept the 250 MB HD, and the system didn't seem like it had sped up
much at all...

After a month or so, I went to a 1.2 gig HD, and you should have seen the
difference... I couldn't believe that the HD was slowing it down that
much...

I checked the access time on both drives, and the access time on the 250 was
about 18ms, the access time on the 1.2 gig was about 8 or 9ms...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Perry [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 2:22 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [PCBUILD] Help, new system advice
>
> Hello one and all.
> I'm building up a new system for some friends that will have these
> components: Asus p5a motherboard, K6-2 300 processor, Century pc100
> memory,
> Creative 40x cdrom, US robotics 56k modem and an Awe 64 sound card. They
> already have an old computer and am opting to keep their monitor, floppy
> and video card.
> The client wants to keep the existing hard drive which is three years old,
> has a 1.2gig capacity and windows 95a as an operating system.
> Am I heading for trouble with this old hard drive? Will it act as a
> bottleneck to the system. I can get hold of a 3.2gig Quantum, Ultra Dma,
> 5400 rpm hard drive for a good price.
> If I was to stay with the old drive what are the best procedures to take
> before removing it from the old system. I have been advised in the past to
> go into system manager in safe mode and remove all the system components
> before removing the hard drive.
>
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