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#184100 - 11/10/2003 02:49 Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar?
Mulkman new poster Registered: 17/05/2003 Posts: 14 Loc: Peterborough, UK	Hi folks! Is the Hitachi Travelstar still the flavour of the moment as regards hard drives? I'll be looking for an 80 gigger.
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#184101 - 11/10/2003 04:44 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: Mulkman]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	I believe so!
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#184102 - 11/10/2003 05:16 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: Mulkman]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	Yes sir, they are great! _________________________ Brad B.
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#184103 - 11/10/2003 06:11 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	I have always been happy with them, but you do not need the "newest" version of them. The original with the slower rotation rate is fine for the empeg. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#184104 - 11/10/2003 06:33 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: Mulkman]
rtundo addict Registered: 27/02/2001 Posts: 569 Loc: Albany, NY	Has anybody seen news/announcements from Hitachi or others of proposed release dates for larger 2.5 drives. Just curious.
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#184105 - 11/10/2003 06:59 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: rtundo]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	No. Not yet. I watch their site every few weeks for any news or announcements... _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#184106 - 11/10/2003 07:35 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: pgrzelak]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	Didn't you run into memory problems with your 2 x 80gb drives? I can't imagine that the Empeg could support higher without some 'issues' arising.
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#184107 - 11/10/2003 07:41 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	Well, only very minor stuff, and I do not know if it is related to the 80GB drives or other experiments. I need to play around with it some more. But playback is still completely stable, so I am watching for larger capacity - I am down to 6GB of disk space left!!! _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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#184108 - 11/10/2003 14:51 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: pgrzelak]
SE_Sport_Driver carpal tunnel Registered: 05/01/2001 Posts: 4903 Loc: Detroit, MI USA	And to clarify, it's not the size of the drives that caused the issue, it was the number of songs! As Paul pointed out, the slower drives are fine and in fact run cooler (less heat) than the faster spinning ones. _________________________ Brad B.
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#184109 - 11/10/2003 14:56 Re: Which hard drive? Still Hitachi Travelstar? [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
pgrzelak carpal tunnel Registered: 15/08/2000 Posts: 4859 Loc: New Jersey, USA	There were also bits where, during an FSCK with errors, you needed to enable swap in order for it to build its error handling table, but that was minor also. _________________________ *Paul Grzelak* 200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs
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