Hard Disk Wonderment????

Hi guys,
I was wondering if i could have some peoples advice.
I currently use a macbook pro with a 100 gig 7200 rpm Hard Disk, i use it for music production using logic 8.
Im finding that with the amount of the work i'm currently doing (especially now i've started working on soundtracks for animations), my hard disk has gotten very full very quickly.
Im thinking of upgrading it to a much bigger (but slower) hard-disk for eg the 250 GIG 5400 RPM drive / or 300 GIG 4200 RPM drive.
Does anyone know if i will lose alot on performance with the slower RPM as i use alot of samples au units / audio and videos from the hard-disk simultaniously, and currently the system is INCREDIBLE fast and i have no problems at all.
If any has any info of this then it would be greatly appreciated!
Kind Regards
-sheepstarr

Welcome to Apple Discussions sheepstarr.
The gain you get with a larger internal drive will not be enough for what you are likely to create.
I would suggest a large external firewire drive would be your best option. If you need portability I would recommend that you use the external drive to store all music files and just transfer the current necessities to the internal drive when leaving home.
The advantage of the firewire is that you won't lose any performance that will be noticeable. External drives are relatively cheap - in England? - I'm not sure, but they ought to be! They are also quite fast and you can easily go to 1 or more terabytes capacity. It can also serve as a backup for other files.
If you want even better performance and have the money get an eSATA card for the Express slot and a compatible hard drive.
Neville

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HP Pavilion g4 2131tx, Hard Disk Error after Blue Screen of Death

Hello! I do not know what section shoud i post this problem, I apologize for it.
So my laptop is freezing for a days after BSOD. When I leave my laptop overnight for downloading torrents, I always receive the message "Windows has recovered from unexpected shutdown." when i woke up.
I already disabled all non-microsoft services, start up items and yet the desktop is still freezing right after the welcome screen but the welcome screen does not load too long.
The desktop freeze for more than a minute then it will go back to normal again until my laptop went to BSOD
and received this error from UEFI "Hard Disk Error." after restarting.
I ran the Hardware Diagnostic Test and I got the result:
Failure ID: RW042K-6MT6RP-MFPX1F-61BK03
Product ID: 65H69PA#UUF
I tried cleaning up registry and defragmenting disk and still no luck.
* My laptop is HP Pavilion g4 2131tx and still under warranty until June 2014.
* I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Service Pack 1
* My RAM is 4gb with a processor of Intel Core i7
* My AV is microsoft security essentials
* I am using Advanced SystemCare for cleaning up registry and defragmenting.
I was wondering if I could change my hard disk while it's still under warranty.
Thanks for your help!
#Edit: bad english >.<
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Here is the Service Manual:
Manual
See Page 39. It can take any 2.5 inch wide 9mm thick laptop SATA hard drive. They are industry standard, interchangeable.
Here is one I would recommend:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W00YW3532
This is a nice compromise with size, speed and expense. You could install an SSD for maximum speed. Post back if you need help with software or anything else.
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WRT610N New Firmware Upgrade and USB Hard disk not working

Hi, I've just upgraded the new firmware, everything seems fine but now my USB Hard disk is not recognizable unless i restart the router. I have a Seagate FreeAgent 500Gigs, and it worked perfectly with the previous firmware. Just wondering if its just me or anyone else has the same problem.
Thanks
I forgot to add that afterawhile the hard disk isnt recognizable again and i have to reset it to get it working
Message Edited by jellydish on 02-13-2009 06:09 AM

The same thing is happening to me... After the HDD goes to sleep, when you goto access it again you can hear it spin up but you still can't access it at all.

MSI B85M-G43 can't install Windows 7. Hard disk not detected.

Hi,
I just built a new computer for the first time. I followed the instructions and did everything correctly. but am unable to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Hard disk isn't always detected during the installation.
But when it appeared in the "Where do you want to install Windows" list along with system, I tried to format the hard disk and got a message "Failed to format the select partition. [Error 0x80070057]."
Then I restarted the computer, the hard disk no longer displayed in the list, so I put motherboard driver disc and clicked on Load Driver and opened Storage\Intel\PCH_12.0\f6flpy-x64. It loaded, then I got a message saying "To continue installation, use the Load Driver option to install 32-bit and signed 64-bit drivers. Installing an unsigned 64-bit device driver is not supported and might result in an unusable Windows installation."
I restarted again and disabled Driver Signature Enforcement, but it didn't help. I still got the same message.
In the computer case I have these devices:
- MSI B85M-G43, Socket-1150
- Intel Core i5-4430 Processor
- Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB
- MSI GeForce GTX 650Ti BOOST 1GB
- Cooler Master GX 550W PSU
- WD Desktop Green 1TB
- SuperMulti 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive
Everything is plugged in correctly. Hard disk connector plugged in SATA 1 and DVD -> SATA 2.
The installation is pretty slow, regardless if i install it via USB or x16 DVD. All except DVD and hard disk are disabled. It's also worth to mention that even DVD and USB aren't always detected in the click BIOS.
So I'm wondering if anyone here can help me? Thanks

Hi and
1: What BIOS version you have? .. Have you tryed to downgrade/upgrade it already?
2: Have you tryed it in those SATA 2 ports? ...is it same strory?
- On SATA there aint any master or Slave like on IDE so if you are under same controller it dosent mutter what port you use on what device.
Note: SATA 3 Ports are faster then SATA2 ports, but even SATA 1 can handel your DVD or HDD. So no lose if you need to use SATA 2 ports.
Hope this get you foward! Cheers Mummy

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