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livedistortion   03-25-2003 at 02:49:02 AM

Will I miss out on any software utilities or partitioning software, cables, etc...?

Any advice?

Thanks

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lhgpoobaa   03-25-2003 at 04:28:48 AM
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well yes. you just get the drive in an antistatic bag. But cables are a dime a dozen and software can be found online, so its not really an issue to me.

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elzt   03-25-2003 at 06:39:36 AM
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Yeah, I never use the software provided by hard disk manufacturor. Windows' ones are already sufficient.

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Javic   03-25-2003 at 11:13:16 PM
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OEM is definitely worth it for hard drives. You'll save yourself a chunk of change, can download the utilities/drivers online, and you're going to use rounded IDE cables anyway, right? So you're not really missing out on anything, except the higher price.

Just make sure wherever you get the drives from provide the original manufacturer's warranty.

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LancerEvolution7   03-26-2003 at 05:30:44 AM
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The utility package is usually something you won't use anyways. IDE cables usually come with the motherboard. You don't want to use round cables, because IDE cables are designed in a way that every third or fourth wire is there for stability(someone should really explain this, I know its true because I've tried it, but not the details). So if you use round IDE cables, you might get erratic errors, just stick to flat.

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