Upgraded hard drive 7200rpm with new Boot Times

I just upgrade my hard drive from 120GB 5400rpm toshiba to 200GB Seagate 7200rpm

$119
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/SEAGATE OWC/ST9200420ASG/

Reviews from newegg (note: newegg model doesn't have G-shock protection)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148307

I clone the drive from the old to the new. (note: cloning a dual boot w/ vista is tricky, I had to change the drive letters between C and D.. for more info http://www.multibooters.co.uk/cloning.html#letters )

I had a dual boot:

Old Vista boot time = 65 secs
New Vista boot time = 47 secs (edit 40 sec after changing some vista settings)

38% increase (edit 62% after changing some vista settings)

Old XP boot time = 31 secs
New XP boot time = 25 secs

24% increase

 

That`s about as much as I can expect when I`ll upgrade...nice.
Although I`ll get a 320 gb 7200 one, with 3 platters

 

Well, I've just now cloned a dual boot Vista / XP HDD with Acronis TrueImage 11 and the new HDD has just booted up and seems fine (I have tried both Vista and XP).

However, when I tried the same in mid-2007 using TrueImage 10 then the cloning disn't work properly.

John

 

How exactly did you measure the time? From the BIOS "Picture" until the first responding Explorer window or just til the desktop was up?
I get 53 secs benchmarking that way with a Hitachi 160GB 7200rpm

 

I timed it from the Boot screen (select VISTA or XP) to the login screen (i have to type password to get to desktop)

If you have the Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K200 HTS722020K9SA00. Toms hardware benchmarks it at 53 (higher is better).

It doesn't have my exact model, but the one close to it benchmarks at 45 (but is 160GB and only 8mb cache not 16mb)

 

ahh, that way i get 37 secs. Have u optimized ur Vista?

 

no i havent..thanks i'll check it out

well I do have an external monitor connected... Write caching was not on...and my Vista boot is on the tail end of the hard drive.

 

I thought the upcoming 320gb 7200 drives are 2 platters? a 320gb one with 3 platters won't likely be much faster than a 200gb one with 2 platters..

 

My bad, I was thinking about a 500 GB one, 5400 rpm when mentioning the 3 platter thing.

 

Is the Seagate HOT! as one of the NewEgg posters suggested?

 

temperature 32C..... is that hot????





I enable some settings...caching... and after the a reboot (earlier I was clicking around... this time i left the mouse alone) here is a second test

 

hell no, for me that's ice cold. Mine can get as high as 55ish degrees C

 

got 40 seconds after optimizing with external monitor =)

 

I have the same hdd. The speed is 7200.2

Great price in the link you posted.

I think the Newegg version is exactly the same.

 

Nice temps!

SonDa5 - the OP's version has a "G" on the end of the part number - appartenly they make one with and one w/o the G-Shock protection and Newegg's does not have the "G" in the part number.

I am bookmarking that site - much better pricing than Newegg.

 

I ordered one from Dell awhile back when they were on sale. Mine has the "G" at the end as well.

I looked at Seagate's WEB site and they list the G's as being 7200.3 models.