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Hard drive - 80 MB - internal - 2.5" Standard - IDE
Hard drive
Form Factor: 2.5" Standard
Capacity: 80 MB
Interface Type: IDE
Expansion / connectivity
Connections: 1 x storage - IDE - 44 PIN IDC
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" Standard
Manufacturer's product description
Since 1980, the AST brand name has been known as a leading manufacturer of technology products for consumers and businesses throughout the world. Today, AST continues to evolve to keep pace with the rapidly changing computer industry. AST hard disk drives differ from all other with high reliability, low price and an excellent speed of access.
Advantages: Quick transfer speed, Disadvantages: Fairly Bulky
...What can i say this is an internal had-drive which obviously integrates within a computer system. Nowadays 80GB is not enough for anyone as programs are now increasing in size due to their complexity and what they have to offer.
A harddrive is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. Non-volatile storage is simply the name given to a storage device which can retain stored data even when not powered. With a volatile storage device being one that can not retain saved data e.g. RAM (Random Access Memory).
I used to have an 80 GB harddrive in the past on my "OLD" PC, which was about 5 years ago. Now i have a 300 GB harddrive which i have to admit is filling up really quickly. Due to the number of files stored e.g music, photo, video etc.
This particular...
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Advantages: Fast transfer speed, protection from knocks and drops Disadvantages: Fairly high price
...are using an Apple or Microsoft OS. The hard-drives system requirements are very basic and will function on all PC's with as little as 350 MHz of processing speed and 128 MB of ram. Again this is no worry as most people have PC's with more than enough RAM and processing power.
The standard warranty for the LaCie 250 GB external hard-drive is 2 years. Which means that your hard-drive will be replaced if anything goes wrong within 2 years of purchase. The 2 year warranty applies to damages caused by accidental dropping of the device or any internal failure.
Overall, the LaCie external hard-drive is a great device for taking with you on any trip, which may involve anything from social interaction to rugged adventures with friends. The only downside is the high price of the hard-drive. The LaCie hard-drive although being more expensive than...
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Advantages: Fast, cheap, stable, excellent support and v good manual Disadvantages: Requires a minimum of Win ME upwards
...Ive been using the MSi 845E max (6566e) motherboard for the past 2 years and it still performs as stable now as it did back then.
The board itself is very well packaged and comes with all the usual extras including drivers CD and IDE cables for both CD-roms/harddrives and floppy disc aswell as an excellently informative and well laid out manual.
The 845E Max by MSi supports all Pentium 4 processors as well as Celerons upto 3.06 ghz using the built in 845E Intel chipset and includes full support for both 133mhz front side bus (FSB) quad pumped (133 x 4 = 533 fsb) Pentium 4's and 184 pin PC 2100 (266mhz) DDR memory upto 2 ghz, there are 2 available memory slots which is plenty for most people and i whole heartedly recommend firstly adding 1 x 512mb of DDR to the motherboard so as to leave 1 free DDR slot if you ever chose to add...
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Why, you might ask, would anyone want a NEWlink USB 2.0 IDE & SATA Hard Drive Enclosure ? And even more to the point, why would such a person buy one, admit it and then go ahead and review it?
The answer my friend, is not... more
The hard drive is meant to be used internally but I use mine as an external hard drive with an USB external enclosure. The drive might not be the fastest around but it is fast enough to use for those large files that makes life difficult. The fact that... more
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