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November 20th, 2019 14:00
XPS 8300, boot drive replacement
XPS 8300 x64 Intel i7-2600, non-uefi
Currently there are 2 one-TB drives that are both 512n in raid 0. [original setup]
One drive is failing and I'd like to replace both hdds with one 2 tb drive [non-raid].
512n drives are nearly obsolete, but I've read that some are having trouble booting with 512e drives on this particular model xps8300.
Which hdd drives are known to be boot-compatible? Must it be a 512 native drive?
Thank you.
speedstep
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November 22nd, 2019 09:00
512E drives are ALL drives past 2011 larger than 120 GIGS.
wd blue drives are fine.
AVOID WD GREEN DRIVES.
https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-2TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B013QFRS2S
Advanced format drives REQUIRE F6 MASS STORAGE drivers and AHCI setting. Drives larger than 2TB are not supported for booting on non UEFI systems.
Seagate handles this with driver.
Use DiscWizard Extended Capacity Manager Software
Western Digital BUNDLES HOST BUS ADAPTER HighPoint Rocket 620
https://www.amazon.com/High-Point-Rocket-620AP-2-Channel/dp/B00QKH1KD8/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0p06nmeC3A
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f6flpy-x64.zip
You cannot point to a zip OR EXE file these must be extracted using 7ZIP and saved to the root of a USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE.
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
https://dl.dell.com/chipset/R284334.exe
https://dl.dell.com/chipset/R284362.exe
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER89481M/2/Dell_Wireless-365-Bluetooth-_A01_R283190.exe
Tesla1856
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November 21st, 2019 08:00
Now-days, most use SSD as boot drive (due to speed and reliability vs spinning-platter drives).
Lowest 2 SATA ports are full-speed.
Any reputable-brand SATA-3/600 2.5inch SSD should work fine.
millertime473
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November 21st, 2019 08:00
Thank you for your reply.
This month I purchased the 8930 with an SSD drive, Win10Pro.
I'm trying to fix the old Win7 8300 to run as a backup for programs that don't run properly in Win10.
I'd like to purchase a 2tb sata hard drive for the 8300 to keep it compatible with all the programs now installed.
If you could reco a hard drive, I'd much appreciate it.
millertime473
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November 22nd, 2019 09:00
Thank you speedstep!
I've been going crazy trying to get info on a boot drive replacement.
The more I 'googled' the more I confused myself
WD has 1tb and 2tb UltraStar 512n sata drives ... but they've been on backorder for weeks.
Thank you again, I'll read through all your links and get straight on this issue.