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    Can I run 2 (One 7200 & 5400rpm) harddrives in my 1720?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by SomeFormOFhuman, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. SomeFormOFhuman

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    Been googling around for a solution but can't seem to find any even on here in the forums for hours....

    Anyway yeah, for Inspiron 1720, I would like to run 2 HDDs at 7200rpm and 5400rpm. Is that possible? 7200rpm for installing my OS, (Speeds up startup time) 5400 for Documents and everything else...
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Apr 28, 2008
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    JTOverath Notebook Evangelist

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    I run with a 200GB 7200 as my boot and a 250GB 5400 as storage in my 1720.
     
    JTOverath, Apr 28, 2008
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    yes it is possible.

    you're probably thinking of RAID, which combines 2 HDD as one, to improve speed or reliability. for RAID to work, you need 2 exact same drives for it to work.
     
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    Hmm I don't think 1720 has raid though... :) Does it?

    @JTOverath How is the battery performance like?
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Apr 28, 2008
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    No hardware RAID on the 1720/1700 - Vista can do software RAID though.
     
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    Vista works? Didn't know that. :confused: How does it work?
     
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    So at what RPM will the setup work if I configure my two hard disks (7200 RPM and 5400 RPM) with RAID? Or it won't work at all?
     
    Silas Awaketh, Jun 5, 2008
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    Sorry for the late reply. I never ran with just one drive so I don't know impact, but I still get 4+ hours (depending on wha tI am doing obviously) from the battery. Certainly a lot more then any of the other 17" notebooks I have had.
     
    JTOverath, Jun 5, 2008
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    You need two identical HDDs for raid 0 and raid 1, most people don't need raid unless he does video editing and has one beast of a CPU.
     
    tianxia, Jun 5, 2008
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    The Inspiron 1720 doesn't allow for RAID.

    Now, to the original question, this is what I have... 7200 + 5400 internal drives. So yes, it works.

    As for the parts number to obtain : carrier + connector

    HD 2 Carrier : DELL PART # C7586
    Connector : DELL PART # XK231

    Cost about 10$ each + delivery.
     
    Krazy-E, Jun 5, 2008
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    I don't know why I leave my thread lying around here!

    I already have the 200GB 7200 + caddy + screws + original 320GB 5400 for my 1720 machine 2 months already and it is great.
    The caddy costs about 15 singapore dollars.

    And no, Inspiron 1720 has no raid.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Jun 6, 2008
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