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Hi folks,
I have several 40G ATA 100/133 HDs which are NOT too old still running strong. The motherboards which I'm now running support SATA-II HD. Although I can still use those ATA HDs sacrisfying the speed.How I shall use those HDs? Treating them as scrap will be a little bid waste. Suggestion would be appreciated. TIA.
B.R.
satimis
"Although I can still use those ATA HDs sacrisfying the speed"
The performance difference between ATA100/133 vs SATA/SATA2 is not as large as you think. Use them for data storage.
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or sell them on ebay, there are lots of people who would want these (at least there are in the UK where I am)
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I always hold on to the ageing parts I find many times when repairing others pc's
I will need that old part And the ATA isn't that old anyways. I also agree with cliffpage sale them on eBay.
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If you store lots of data it is sometimes easier to organize things into smaller compartments. You still have at least ONE IDE controller on the MBoard If you have one channel open on that controller you could get a removable drive tray and install it into an empty 5.25 bay. Then you could swap out all those drives as needed. That data is still accessable but now more secure than if installed internally.
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Hi folks,
Thanks for your response. I can install the old HD on the running computers for storage. But those computers are already running 160G SATA-II HD. There are many space available on the SATA HD.I have an USB enclosure with a 13G ATA-66 HD installed. The space is more than sufficient for storage of text document.
I'm considering intalling a file server on all old stuffs. I have old case, old IWill mobo, Intel PII, PC100 RAM, total 448MB, 15" LCD display, PCI RAID card supporting ATA-100, 0,1,0+1 software RAID. Any input? Thanks
satimis
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I use all my old 8gb 20gb 40gb and 60gb HD's for the primary HD in all my systems. I format them in FAT32 so I can have complete access to every file just in case I get a virus or the like.
Then I take my larger drivers like my 120gb and use that as my data drive, with my data drives I use either NTFS, or FAT32 depending on the application.
I also zero fill my drives every so often like when I upgrade to keep them in shape. I have been using the same 3, 40gb Seagate HD's since about 2000. I also credit their reliability to being Seagate brand drives.
Hope this gives ya some ideas on what to do with them.
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@ Outlander
Seems to me like you're doing it backwards, at least with the smaller HDDs. I'm sure they're much slower than your SATA HDDs...probaly 5400RPM with small buffers (512k or 2MB) & run at ATA33 or ATA66.
And how does zero-filling keep them in shape?
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Jam, he zero fills and then repartions and formats which refreshes all the magnetized data. I also do it for a fresh install. Of course the zero fill probably isn't really necessary, but doesn't hurt.
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All zero fill does is rewrite the entire hard drive with binary. I only use zero fill if I’m giving or selling a hard drive. To use zero fill every time you format your hard drive is a little bit concessive compulsive.
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"I have old case, old IWill mobo, Intel PII, PC100 RAM, total 448MB, 15" LCD display, PCI RAID card supporting ATA-100, 0,1,0+1 software RAID. Any input? Thanks"
Distro test box, firewall, etc. A cheap hard drive swap rack would allow convenient use of each hard drive.
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