Re: [CGUYS] Compaq "SCSI" drive

2008-10-25 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I would assume the sky is the limit as long as it fits in the slot. Capacity depends on how many address lines are provided by the hardware. Limit could be 128GB. Does Bob need all 80 GB of stuff to be portable? Offloading some of the iTunes, music videos, DVD disk images, and photos of Rover

Re: [CGUYS] Compaq "SCSI" drive

2008-10-25 Thread mike
Don't assume that, some cases are specifically made for 5400 rpm drives, a 7200 rpm might cause issues. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compaq's usually have a nice handy little black panel that comes off on the > bottom. > > I would assume the

Re: [CGUYS] Compaq "SCSI" drive

2008-10-25 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Compaq's usually have a nice handy little black panel that comes off on the bottom. I would assume the sky is the limit as long as it fits in the slot. Stewart At 11:51 AM 10/25/2008, you wrote: Bob's Compaq Presario F572US notebook has an 80GB hard drive. It's too small. He asked the comput

[CGUYS] Compaq "SCSI" drive

2008-10-25 Thread b_s-wilk
Bob's Compaq Presario F572US notebook has an 80GB hard drive. It's too small. He asked the computer what kind of drive it had. Vista told him, Htachi HTS541680J9S SCSI drive. I knew it wasn't SCSI, so I looked it up, and it's SATA. How big a drive can he put into this notebook? How complicated