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Switched Hd's Made It Alot Slower

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rh535

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I built a computer for my brother and i gave him a 120GB WD 7200 RPM IDE and i decided that he didn't need that big of a hard drive so i gave him my mom's hard drive that came out of her dell(Seagate 60GB 7200 RPM IDE and that is all i changed. But when I use the his computer it is alot slower. What is wrong?

System Specs

CPU- Intel 3.0Ghz (487 pin)
MEM- 512x2 Cosair Value
GPU- Pny 5200 PCI
PSU- Antec Smartpower 500W
MOBO- SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 (Platinum Edition)
HD- Use to be WD 120GB IDE(know a Seagate 60GB IDE)
 
I don't see why the computer should be any slower since both hard drives were IDE. I would check that you connected the HD to the mobo with the correct cables and that you didn't put IDE in a ATA slot or whatever.
 
Should i reinstall the OS

EDIT:Also we had some problems with the software for his wireless card(WMP54GS). Before i didn't have the same version of the driver and it wasn't that slow. So could it be the driver?
 
Wait so you pulled a hd out of another machine and didnt reinstall when you put it in? So it has totally different software than the other drive which could easily account for slowness along with the registry entries from hardware not there. The only hardware differences are platter density, which the larger hd should be more dense, but wouldn't be noticeably different. Basically you need to reformat.
 
lol, you have to reinstall windowz especially xp if youre going switch hd's from one comp to another.. im surprised it even booted up
 
I installed a new copy of Windows XP on the seagate when i put it in. I thought he was asking if i had tried another reinstall.
 
The drive is set to master and not slave right? If it's the only device on that ide channel, make sure it's specifically jumpered as master and not set for cable select. I've had problems with that before. Also make sure it's plugged into the first plug on the ide cable.
 
How much stuff on the 80gb drive? If you went from a drive with 80% free space, to one with 20% free space this could explain the performance difference.
 
The fact is that older, smaller harddrives are slower than newer, larger harddrives. If both drives on single platters, then the data density on the 120GB is twice the 60GB. Also, not all drives are made equal, the 60GB may have a 2MB cache while the 120GB has an 8MB cache, plus even at the same RPM, size, and capacity drives still differ in seek times and transfer speeds depending on the quality of the drive.
 
2mb cache or 8mb it doesnt matter for lowend computer.. I've put together new computers with 2mb cache and I couldn't really feel the difference. what does matter is that its a 7200 and not a 5400.. the fact that this hd is a 7200 and a seagate means its as fast as they get for the standard user unless youre going get raptures or scsi. so maybe the slow speed isnt with the hard drive maybe its something else. how exactly is it slow? did you format the hard drive, although you shouldnt have to. I can't recall any time a pc was slow because of a 7200 rpm drive, its always the 5400 rpm's that suck.. get HDTach and post your results. you should have an everage read of 40-50 MB/sec.. although I get 78mb/sec cause I use stripping 😉
 
60gb is only half as fast as 120gb
even 120gb 5400rpm is 66 percent faster then 60gb at 7200rpm.
Do the math! let's like saying 1gb hd should be as fast as 2gb. It makes no sense.
They are both 2 platter, the difference is in density.
 
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