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    Asus C90S Hardrive Upgrade..

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by adey, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. adey

    adey Notebook Guru

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    Hi Guys,

    I have 150Gb hard drive on my Asus C90S. I am having some serious storage issues. I have WD Passport external hard drive 250 Gb,. running low..

    was wondering if it would be a better idea to upgrade the hard drive in the laptop or buy external??

    what make of the internal hard drive would be best suited to Asus C90S. around 500Gb??


    Also wondering what would be the best dvd burner to match for Asus C90s as mine is gone....


    thanks for your advice.
     
    adey, Dec 9, 2008
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  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    get the 320gb 7200rpm drives
     
    boypogi, Dec 9, 2008
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  3. BigHops323

    BigHops323 Notebook Deity

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    They 500GB 7200rpm drives are said to be released within a month or so. Any 2.5" hard drive should work, just go with a trusted brand such as Western Digital or Seagate (just to name two...).
     
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    not every 2.5" drive will work

    Your C90S can only use SATA 2.5" laptop harddrives which are 9.5mm thick.
    That means you cannot use an IDE harddrive, and you cannot use 12.5mm thick drives like the Hitachi 5K500, and the Fujitsu 500gb 5400rpm drive.

    You can upgrade to the newer Hitachi 5K500.B, the WD5000BEVT drive or the Seagate 500gb 5400rpm drives and they will work for you.
    If you want a little more power than go for the 320gb 7200rpm drives, or wait a few months for the 500gb 7200rpm drives.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 9, 2008
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  5. adey

    adey Notebook Guru

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    thanks guys....

    any suggestions for the dvd burners?
     
    adey, Dec 9, 2008
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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    To my recollection, the ASUS C90S has a curved Bezel on the front of the drive.
    I do not know if that bezel is removable, but if it is I recommend upgrading the burner to a pioneer DVR-K17, its a great slotloading burner.

    If the bezel is not removable you can either try and find another burner with a similarly shaped bezel, or you can put a standard flat faced drive in their and have a aesthetic clash.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Dec 9, 2008
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    You have to weigh the pros and cons of buying a new internal hard drive vs. getting another external.

    Internal
    Pros:
    -You don't need to drag an external hard drive with you
    -Newer hard drive will be faster
    Cons:
    -The data is on the same drive as the OS; therefore, you risk losing data if your OS gets corrupted or similar
    -You will have to buy another external enclosure, that is, if you plan on using the current internal drive as an external

    It's fairly obvious what the pros and cons of an external drive from the above pros and cons of the internal drive.

    I'd personally go for the internal drive - more speed and convenience. To fix the data corruption problem I mentioned, you can partition it into something like 50GB for the OS/core programs and leave the rest for data storage.

    And to add another layer to my argument, your data *could* be safer by replacing the current internal drive. You could store all of your data on the internal drive, assuming you got a large enough one, and use the externals for backups.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 9, 2008
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