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100 MB at 5400 rpm or 60MB at 7200 plus original 30 GB at 4200?
Looking to upgrade a 2 year old Inspiron 8200.
Right now it has a 30GB hard drive that is just about maxed out. Actually, it is maxed out, as I have to pick stuff to delete to add more stuff to it.
I'd like to upgrade the hard drive and see two options. I can max it out with the
Seagate ST9100823A, 100 MB at 5400 rpm
Or I can add a 2nd harddrive with the module, going to the faster Hitachi 7K60 HTS726060M9AT00 at 7200 rpm but only 60 GB, install the Hitachi as the main drive and put the original 30GB in the module for extra storage.
I'm leaning towards the Hitachi for the faster speed, any thoughts?
Price would be about the same either way. (Hitachi plus the module = Seagate price)
DELL-BobT
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December 24th, 2004 13:00
SIGTAUENUS,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
The highest hard drive that Dell supports on this system is 60 GB. You can make your purchase from Dell Spare Parts at 1-800-372-3355.
Edit: If you want further information, I suggest posting a similar message to the Upgrade Hardware forum.
Message Edited by DELL-BobT on 12-24-2004 09:58 AM
resante5000
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December 26th, 2004 02:00
SIGTAUENUS
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December 26th, 2004 09:00
resante5000
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December 26th, 2004 17:00
DELL may not officially support a hdd that is larger than xxGB, however that does not mean that your SYSTEM wont support it or that it wont work.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_harddrive&message.id=31155
Ed C
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December 27th, 2004 17:00
With the newest BIOS, A11, the i8200 will take any size notebook type HDD that is being made today. Although a 60GB drive may of been the biggest drive available at the time this system was being made and shipped that does not mean that is the largest drive that will work in it.
How's that Rollie
Message Edited by Ed C on 12-27-2004 02:23 PM
Message Edited by Ed C on 12-27-2004 04:46 PM
DELL-Rollie
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December 27th, 2004 18:00
Ed C
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December 27th, 2004 19:00
I'm sorry if you felt my tone was off base but there is nothing in the user manual or the service manual that states a 60GB drive is all Dell supported/tested on that system and it also doesn't say it may or may not work with a bigger drive. Now as far what was the largest drive available in that model when it was being made yes 60GBs was probably the biggest notebook drive being made at that time. So Dell certainly couldn't say we have tested it with 100GB size drive. But as usual on these Dell forums the moderators either don't post or post something that is not related to the original question.
The OP did not say/ask "What was the biggest drive Dell supported/installed on this model when it was being made". He clearly ask what was the biggest drive that could be used in this model.
Have a great new year.