Question re External USB hard drive
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Posted by Walter R. on June 22, 2008, 3:21 pm
Please log in for more thread options is running fine. My motherboard is an old MSI 845 pro. Everything is running great, except I am running out of storage. The MainBoard has 4 IDE connections which are taken up by ATA C Drive (master), ATA CD (master), 2 small ATA drives (slaves) for storage and backup. It also has 4 USB-1 ports, two of which are used for printers. There is no SATA port. I thought of inreasing storage by buying a 500 GB external USB hard drive. Is there any reason why this might not work in view of the fact that my MB has only USB-1 and no SATA connection and that all IDE connections are in use? Will Windows recognize the full 500 GB through the USB connection? Thanks for your help -- Walter www.rationality.net - | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Big_Al on June 22, 2008, 3:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options on your needs. I'd replace one of the small ATA drives with the 500 Gig. ...or... If you need more C: drive then use Acronis True Image Home to migrate the C: to the new 500 Gig. Be it partitioned in 2 or more parts or one. You will get more space either way and speed. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Mike Walsh on June 22, 2008, 7:39 pm
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Big_Al wrote: >
> Walter R. wrote: > > I have a 7 year old computer with XP pro Sp2. Pentium 4, 1.5 GB, 512 Ram. It
> > is running fine. My motherboard is an old MSI 845 pro. Everything is running > > great, except I am running out of storage. > > > > The MainBoard has 4 IDE connections which are taken up by ATA C Drive > > (master), ATA CD (master), 2 small ATA drives (slaves) for storage and > > backup. It also has 4 USB-1 ports, two of which are used for printers. There > > is no SATA port. > > > > I thought of inreasing storage by buying a 500 GB external USB hard drive. > > Is there any reason why this might not work in view of the fact that my MB > > has only USB-1 and no SATA connection and that all IDE connections are in > > use? > > > > Will Windows recognize the full 500 GB through the USB connection? > > > > Thanks for your help > > > USB 1 is going to make that external a bit slow. Maybe too slow based
> on your needs. > I'd replace one of the small ATA drives with the 500 Gig. ...or... > If you need more C: drive then use Acronis True Image Home to migrate > the C: to the new 500 Gig. Be it partitioned in 2 or more parts or > one. You will get more space either way and speed. If you have a PCI slot available you can get a USB2 adapter card. This would probably not be cost effective unless you need the speed for other devices e.g. thumb drives. You could also add a card with IDE ports. This could be a lot cheaper because it is a lot more likely you could scrounge one from someone who has an old one that they no longer need. -- Mike Walsh | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Bryce on June 22, 2008, 7:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options Walter R. wrote:
> I have a 7 year old computer with XP pro Sp2. Pentium 4, 1.5 GB, 512 Ram.
A USB-2 adapter card will make a BIG difference: about 40X faster for
> It is running fine. My motherboard is an old MSI 845 pro. Everything is > running great, except I am running out of storage. > > The MainBoard has 4 IDE connections which are taken up by ATA C Drive > (master), ATA CD (master), 2 small ATA drives (slaves) for storage and > backup. It also has 4 USB-1 ports, two of which are used for printers. > There is no SATA port. > > I thought of inreasing storage by buying a 500 GB external USB hard drive. > Is there any reason why this might not work in view of the fact that my MB > has only USB-1 and no SATA connection and that all IDE connections are in > use? > > Will Windows recognize the full 500 GB through the USB connection? > > Thanks for your help > about $15US. Otherwise you would be better off to replace one of those existing small drives with a new big one. Hope you get to read this: Roadrunner will discontinue your usenet access tomorrow. You can still access newsgroups via Google Groups if you have the patience, or sign up for usenet access through a third party. I'm a RR customer using (free) motzarella.org to post this. Works great! Bryce | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Walter R. on June 22, 2008, 10:32 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks for letting me know about the Roadrunner / Usenet disconnect. I would
have wondered what happened. I'll try to switch to Teranews. -- Walter www.rationality.net - > Walter R. wrote:
> >> I have a 7 year old computer with XP pro Sp2. Pentium 4, 1.5 GB, 512 Ram.
>> It is running fine. My motherboard is an old MSI 845 pro. Everything is >> running great, except I am running out of storage. >> >> The MainBoard has 4 IDE connections which are taken up by ATA C Drive >> (master), ATA CD (master), 2 small ATA drives (slaves) for storage and >> backup. It also has 4 USB-1 ports, two of which are used for printers. >> There is no SATA port. >> >> I thought of inreasing storage by buying a 500 GB external USB hard >> drive. >> Is there any reason why this might not work in view of the fact that my >> MB >> has only USB-1 and no SATA connection and that all IDE connections are in >> use? >> >> Will Windows recognize the full 500 GB through the USB connection? >> >> Thanks for your help >> > A USB-2 adapter card will make a BIG difference: about 40X faster for
> about $15US. Otherwise you would be better off to replace one of those > existing small drives with a new big one. > > Hope you get to read this: Roadrunner will discontinue your usenet > access tomorrow. You can still access newsgroups via Google Groups > if you have the patience, or sign up for usenet access through a > third party. I'm a RR customer using (free) motzarella.org to > post this. Works great! > > Bryce | |||||||||||||
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> is running fine. My motherboard is an old MSI 845 pro. Everything is running
> great, except I am running out of storage.
>
> The MainBoard has 4 IDE connections which are taken up by ATA C Drive
> (master), ATA CD (master), 2 small ATA drives (slaves) for storage and
> backup. It also has 4 USB-1 ports, two of which are used for printers. There
> is no SATA port.
>
> I thought of inreasing storage by buying a 500 GB external USB hard drive.
> Is there any reason why this might not work in view of the fact that my MB
> has only USB-1 and no SATA connection and that all IDE connections are in
> use?
>
> Will Windows recognize the full 500 GB through the USB connection?
>
> Thanks for your help
>