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Title: Cd ?
Post by: easymo on November 03, 2002, 01:24:09 PM

I have a smallish hard drive.  4 gigs.  It has never given me any problems, so I am reluctant to upgrade.  But needless to say by todays standards its getting taxed.

  A lot of space is being taken up by my Grand kids games.  Many of them are playable demo's. The kids are very young, and are content with these demo's for now.:)

  My question is this.  Is there any way to put these on a CD. I have a burner.  And, run the game from the disc, instead of my HD?

Title: Cd ?
Post by: Innominate on November 03, 2002, 01:31:54 PM

it mostly depends on the game.  Most would have issues trying to run from a CD.

4 gigs? jesus.  You can get a 60gig drive for under $100.

Title: Cd ?
Post by: Animal on November 03, 2002, 03:16:55 PM

4gigs?! What the...

I can barely get by with 160GB

Title: Cd ?
Post by: eagl on November 03, 2002, 10:10:54 PM

Bite the bullet, and get a bigger hard drive.  You can save money by going for a fast (7200 rpm) but smaller (40 gig) drive or a slower (5400 rpm) but larger (100 gig or more) drive.  Or jump into the 21st century with one of those killer special edition western digital monsters.  7200 rpm, quiet bearings, 8 meg buffer, capacities up to 200 gig if I recall correctly.  

Most places that sell software ought to have drive duplicator utilities that will automate copying the old data onto the new drive.

I'd avoid a used drive like the plague and I'd avoid IBM drives like the plague delivered in a bowl of broken glass shards with anthrax sprinkled on top, so make sure you buy something new and reasonable quality.

Oh yes...  Some 5400 rpm drives are noticeably quieter than some 7200 rpm drives, so that might affect your buying decision.  http://www.storagereview.com (or something like that) reviews drives.

Title: Cd ?
Post by: easymo on November 04, 2002, 03:54:18 PM

Money is not the issue, Its fear of failure (to boot up) :)

My wife took her laptop to the shop, and had the HD size upgraded.  The thing crashes all the time now.

 If I did an upgrade, I would be doing it myself, shudder.  I have upgraded my CPU, sound cards, couple of graphics card upgrades, etc.  So, I have had the cover off.  But this partioning business has me spooked.

Title: Cd ?
Post by: Animal on November 04, 2002, 03:58:08 PM

Dont be afraid.
You can just add the new one as a secondary/slave if you dont want to move your data.

Title: Cd ?
Post by: Chairboy on November 04, 2002, 04:00:27 PM

Eagl,

A 7200 rpm 40 gig drive is slower then a 5400 rpm 100 gig drive.  It's all about data density.  The 100 gig drive spins slower, yes, but because it's so much bigger, the density of data that travels past the read head is higher then in a 7200 rpm 40 gig drive.