640GB SATA Hard Disk

Posted on Nov 06 in Life Log, Tech Stuffby ApplePrint

I’ve been holding quite a number of SATA hard disk almost every week (I work in the warranty department, remember?).  However, my own computer at home is really “old fashion”, but most importantly lack of hard disk capacity.  Previously, I only had 8oGB IDE hard disk capacity in my computer and it’s really insufficient. It’s been holding me back for doing a lot of things like downloading stuff, installing games (i.e The Sims 3), or simply just storage for some important files. (Even my external 2.5″ hard disk is nearly full!!)

Why not get a new hard disk? You may ask. Okay, I just don’t feel like spending few hundred bucks on this. I need money for other higher priority items. But Orange is so sweet. Few days ago he bought a new hard disk for me and put it inside my bag. I thought it was an extra IDE hard disk which I found in the office (I thought of bringing it home, and just put it inside my bag and never bother it again).

After waiting for one day, he was wondering why I had not mention anything about the “surprise”. So he finally spoke about it. I was astonished and I quickly checked my bag..Oh..it’s a brand new SATA hard disk! With a cute hand written message attached!

A Western Digital 640GB SATA hard disk. Model: WD6400AAKS-22A7B2

Oh my gosh, just can’t believe I’m getting a 640GB SATA hard disk myself. Not a big deal, but still, wow!

Last night, I just installed the hard disk. And now it’s sitting inside my computer chassis.

I may need a new casing, a more spacious one. Take a closer look at all the messy cables. Hard to organize as it’s too crowded.

Okay, after installing the hard disk. It’s time for initialization. Yes, you need to do that, or else you cannot use your hard disk, yet. I’m still running Windows XP, by the way. Just complete the initialize wizard first.

Here is how you can initialize your hard disk. Go to Start > Run and type diskmgmt.msc and press enter.

Look for the new hard disk volume. It should be “Unallocated” by default. Right click and choose “New Partition” to format it. This is also the step where you can choose to create multiple partition. For this hard disk, I didn’t create multiple partition.

Once the format process is complete, the hard disk will be ready to use.

Note: One year ago I did bought a 640GB SATA hard disk. (Now price decrease compare to the value that time) However, it’s attached to Orange’s PC, as that time my motherboard cannot support SATA. So, I’m not using it. He upgraded his PC so I’m using his previous PC components now, that’s why my computer now is capable of using a SATA hard disk.

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One Comment

• Cherry says:

  November 6, 2009 at 5:04 pm

  Woot, you no need tell me your hard disk not enough liao. you can also transfer some “shit” from your external hard disk to your pc liao.

  AND AND, the sims 3!!!!

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