Windows 7 - sata hd advice

yp89CCp · 11-23-2011

so while TRYING to reformat my drive i thought it would be a good time to upgrade my 500 gig hd to a 1 tb.

Here is my current laptop, I got it from here too
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AS5745G-7671 NoteBook Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Under the hd is says it's a SATA. But looking at my 1 tb product, it says it's a SATA 3.0. Does that matter?
Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT 1TB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Thank you

tw33k · 11-23-2011

Your laptop isn't able to run at SATA 6.0GB/s anyway. That drive is fine

Britton30 · 11-23-2011

Yes, SATA, SATA II, and SATA III are compatible with any SATA drive, however you'll only get the faster speeds with a drive and the matching SATA interface.

whs · 11-23-2011

Whilst you are at it, why don't you look for a 7200RPM drive - Sata II or III does not matter. That would give you a bit more speed.

yp89CCp · 11-23-2011

Ok good thanks for the advice

Corazon · 11-24-2011

And more cache too. 16MB would be nice, 32MB perfect.

yp89CCp · 12-01-2011

Well the 1 tb works out fine but i wish they'd label it correctly! in My comp it only says 800 gig. Where'd the other 200 go??

whs · 12-01-2011

The 1TB in decimal (that is what is on the package) is 930GB in binary which should show in Computer - both are 1 trillion bytes. But 800GB is not right. How is the drive formatted - NTFS or Fat32.

Corazon · 12-01-2011

Which drive did you end up getting, exactly? (Just curious - it may have something to do with the missing disk space or it may not...)

rraod · 12-02-2011

Please post an image of your hard disk from disk management. This should give an idea of space available and free space.

Right click on Computer, select Manage -Disk Management.

Use the Snipping Tool from Start - All Programs - Accessories.

Windows 7 - sata hd advice

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