Swapin out HD on USB external?

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Is there any issue with swappin out a HD on an older Lacie USB external?

The drive inside now is a Seagate EIDE 5400RPM 60GB.

Id like to get a on sale a 300gb to put in it.

Assuming power supply is beefie enough, you think that will work ok?

thanks

 

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jtsnow wrote:
> Is there any issue with swappin out a HD on an older Lacie USB external?
>
> The drive inside now is a Seagate EIDE 5400RPM 60GB.
>
> Id like to get a on sale a 300gb to put in it.
>
> Assuming power supply is beefie enough, you think that will work ok?

Probably not. If it doesn't support 48-bit LBA, you won't be able to
use a drive over 120GB.


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ok...good point.

thanks!

"Will Dormann" <wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> jtsnow wrote:
>> Is there any issue with swappin out a HD on an older Lacie USB external?
>>
>> The drive inside now is a Seagate EIDE 5400RPM 60GB.
>>
>> Id like to get a on sale a 300gb to put in it.
>>
>> Assuming power supply is beefie enough, you think that will work ok?
>
> Probably not. If it doesn't support 48-bit LBA, you won't be able to use
> a drive over 120GB.
>
>
> --
> -WD

 

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jtsnow wrote:
> ok...good point.
>
> thanks!
>
> "Will Dormann" <wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Q72dnSNDm9PI1ZXfRVn-rw@comcast.com...
>
>>jtsnow wrote:
>>
>>>Is there any issue with swappin out a HD on an older Lacie USB external?
>>>
>>>The drive inside now is a Seagate EIDE 5400RPM 60GB.
>>>
>>>Id like to get a on sale a 300gb to put in it.
>>>
>>>Assuming power supply is beefie enough, you think that will work ok?
>>
>>Probably not. If it doesn't support 48-bit LBA, you won't be able to use
>>a drive over 120GB.

Lacie should be able to tell you what drives are supported for that
model. Alternatively, external enclosures for 3.5" IDE drives are as
cheap as $20.