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Buying A Harddisk

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rohanravi26 Original post #1
Feb 15, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Heya guys,
i have a 80 gb seagate ide harddisk. now i have run out of space and am considering to buy a 160 gb sata harddisk. will both ide and sata be compatible. and after i buy the harddisk, how do i go about installing the partisions. and cud anyone tell me if my mobo is sata 2 compatible. my mobo is asus k8v-vm ultra.
regards
Rohanravi26
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Feb 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM
follow ur MB docs/Google it.if u hv some extra money go 4 at least 320-500 gb with 16-32 mb buffer.it wll costs 3-500 more.