Anyone swapped their 120GB to a 320GB or 500GB?

Anyone swapped their 120GB to a 320GB or 500GB? If so where is a good place to get ones of these drives cheap?

 

I put a 320 gig in my Canadian spec. machine a few days ago. Bought a Maxtor USB2 2.5 inch external at Best Buy for $115 USD. They are cheaper to buy usually than buying a bare drive. Inside they have the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM SATA drive. I would assume the 250 Gig models will have the SATA as well. It was easy to pry apart and remove the drive. I put the 320 in the computer and put the 120 gig back in the Maxtor enclosure.

I've seen some 320Gig for $99 USD. I was too impatient....

 

jwagner2468 - did you re-install linpus or xp? was it easy?

 

Yes I did. At the moment I've got 320GB. I took one from ebay. WinXP installation was fine, w/o any problems.

 

I'm not quite sure what you're talking about but there are two versions of Acer: one is A110 with SSD (Solid State Drive) - it's like a big memory card and it's connected to mainboard via ZIF cable. This one is a basic version. Other one (A150) is 120GB HDD version - this one contains 120GB SATA Hard Drive connected to mainboard via miniSATA connector and in this one you can change HDD to bigger version...

 

In theory, yes. You should read online reviews about the portable drive before you try this since some external enclosures won't work if it does not detect the original HD inside (or at least the same brand).

Just so you know, laptop SATA drives use the standard SATA power and data connection.

 

Just wondering if a 7200rpm SATA hard drive would work? :?:

 

Untrue.. there's actually more than 4 versions of the AspireOne.. Not all of them have been released yet though ;-)

 

No, melhiore is correct. There are only two versions, the A110 and the A150. The first one comes with SSD, while the second one comes with HDD. He's differentiating the versions for the purpose of this thread, which is about upgrading the HDD of the A150 to a larger size one.

Note, additionally, that you can swap the SSD in the A110 for a 1.8" HDD, whereas the A150 uses a 2.5" HDD.

nubious, you're speaking of the various models of the AA1. They all fall under the aforementioned versions.

(Shall we split some more hair? )

 

I put a Samsung 320GB drive into my A150. Works just dandy.

 

no reason it wouldn't -- however, with some people experiencing the screen flicker when on battery power & hdd version, I'm not sure if the 7200rpm drives requires a lot more power than the 5400rpm drive, so it may make screen flickers worse. Also, using a 7200rpm will create more heat, noise, and lower battery time.

But will it work? It should!

 

320 Gb Hitachi Deskstar from TigerDirect. Stuck with the same make/model line as my original 120 Gb, no surprises that way. WinXP reinstalled from external DVDrom.
Advice: (take with grain of salt) Don't trade rpm for capacity.
Opinion: (seems to be true no proof) Bigger drives tend to be faster, quieter and produce less heat than higher rpm drives with lower capacity. The heads on a bigger drive move shorter distances due to higher data density. Platters are the same size after all.

 

LOL..Can you explain how my 74GB WD Raptor 10000rpm, runs cooler, quieter and faster than my 250GB Maxtor Maxline III 7200rpm desktop hard drive?

For Laptops, I'll have to agree that a 7200rpm drive may lower battery time but I'll definitely be more faster than a 5400rpm hard drive with more platters.

Raptop vs Maxline III Test:

*Temperature was taken by HDTemp and top/bottom measure with Temp Diode.
*DBA hard drive noise was measure by ear from 3 feet away.
*Speed was taken with Sandra/Everest and of course real world application and games.