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Problems with WD Raptor 74gig harddrive

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CaMSpoon

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Hi
Just installed windows on my new computer and i have 2 problems with the harddrive. First in the bottom right corner of screen i get this icon on system tray saying to remove harddrive. I open it and its add/remove hardware. It shows my harddrive and tell me to stop it or something. Whats up with this and what does it mean for it never goes away.
Also i own the 74 gig version but windows reads it as a 69.2 gig! No is it common on those harddrives to read it that low? becuase thats 5 gig less. 2 sometimes 3 gig is understandable but 5! Should i return it for another one or its common on these?
Anyone else own one? Oh and i connected the harddrive by s-ata cable.

ps. I thought i read in reviews that this harddrive is quiet? man its loud : )
 
The 69.2 is correct as it is the same space mine reads too 🙂 About the other problem I have no clue, try changing it to a different sata port?
 
To hard drive manufacturers 1kb = 1000 bytes to windows 1kb = 1024 bytes. Hence the size difference in you hard drive in windows.

No such thing as a quiet 10k rpm hard drive, but it is better then some 5400 rpm hard drives I've had! 🙂
 
Well im gonna look more into it and ill try taking out sata and using normal cables, see what that does.
I mean with every new computer theres always a problem to fix.

 
Originally posted by: spelletrader
No such thing as a quiet 10k rpm hard drive, but it is better then some 5400 rpm hard drives I've had! 🙂
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I just got a 74gig Raptor and put some Zalman 5" Heat pipes on it. Maybe I just got a fluke drive, or maybe the pipes (with rubber mounting screws) are just that good--but when I was building my machine I disconnected the SATA power cable and tried the regular one because I simply couldn't hear it, and I wondered if it was running. This was with the case open. It was (and remains) that quiet.

In my experience (and I understand it could be a rare one) this drive is near silent. I can sometimes barely hear the watery sound of it working, but I have to listen hard for it.
 
It's a SATA drive, how do you plan to take out the SATA cable and use a normal(IDE?) cable? To get rid of the Icon:
Right click on your taskbar>Properties>Taskbar check the hide inactive icnos box, click Customize then click on the unwanted icon, go to the pull-down menu and choose "Always Hide." Anything that you don't want it to hide, change to always show.
 
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