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Well i am noob when it comes to hardware.I have been searching for a good external hard drive and found esata to be a good choice.The problem is that i don't know whether my mobo would support it or not.Here are the results that i got from cpu-z.
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I would also be grateful if someone could also tell me if i have a usb 2 port and driver or not.Whether my mobo supports it or not.Here is the info that you might need.
http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=devicemanagerse2.jpg
I am using a usb mouse and keyboard.Would this pose a hindrance if i use a usb 2 external hard drive.How much time would it take me to transfer 160gb of data from an internal hard disk (IDE) to an external hard drive(USB 2).I would appreciate if someone could tell me the transfer rate as per their own personal experience and not as per the transfer rate published on the box.
LASTLY I would be obliged if the great minds here could shed some light whether esata or usb 2 would be more suitable for me.Please do note that I would only be using the external hard drive only for archiving my data,no regular back ups.
Thanks in advance
http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpuz1vo9.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpuz2uh6.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpuz3is8.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpuz4kv1.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpuz5pq7.jpg
I would also be grateful if someone could also tell me if i have a usb 2 port and driver or not.Whether my mobo supports it or not.Here is the info that you might need.
http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=devicemanagerse2.jpg
I am using a usb mouse and keyboard.Would this pose a hindrance if i use a usb 2 external hard drive.How much time would it take me to transfer 160gb of data from an internal hard disk (IDE) to an external hard drive(USB 2).I would appreciate if someone could tell me the transfer rate as per their own personal experience and not as per the transfer rate published on the box.
LASTLY I would be obliged if the great minds here could shed some light whether esata or usb 2 would be more suitable for me.Please do note that I would only be using the external hard drive only for archiving my data,no regular back ups.
Thanks in advance