I know a few of you lot are in the compooter game so im hoping you can help me with something that is puzzling me .
iI use a Dell 1501 laptop . I've ran out of space on it so will be getting a external HD in 500gb flavour . As I use Xubuntu Linux I've checked that the one I want is compatible ; As long as I don't need to put a file over 4gb on it I'm fine with fat32 . I could reformat to ext3 but one of the computers in the house is still windows so fat32 is fine . I cant think of a single file bigger than 4gb anyway .
I also have an IBM x31 which I like a lot more than the Dell , even though the screen is smaller and it struggles with 500mb compared to the Dells 2000mb ( I'm going to upgrade it to 2000mb at some point soon anyway .)
I want to use the x31 more which is the main reason I want to go with an external drive . If I ever needed to use the Dell I could just plug it in . As all my stuff will be stored on the external HD I want to change the creaky 20gb PATA HD in it to a SSD , sadly there is little choice of 2.5 PATA SSD hard drives and they are comparatively pricey .
Would this replace the 20gb pata ?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebP ... ce=froogle
It's the flash part that confuses me , does this go where the old drive went ? Yep its only 8gb but with the external drive all I need on the laptop itself is the Linux OS and a few files so i don't have to drag around the external drive ( not that its too large to do that , or I go anywhere anyway )
A 32gb PATA SSD is around £80 and I don't need 32gb of storage , is there anything much smaller/cheaper that will run the OS ? I want solid state as its quicker . I could use a USB with Linux on it but theres limited read/write life with those , although how long will they last in the real world ?
iI use a Dell 1501 laptop . I've ran out of space on it so will be getting a external HD in 500gb flavour . As I use Xubuntu Linux I've checked that the one I want is compatible ; As long as I don't need to put a file over 4gb on it I'm fine with fat32 . I could reformat to ext3 but one of the computers in the house is still windows so fat32 is fine . I cant think of a single file bigger than 4gb anyway .
I also have an IBM x31 which I like a lot more than the Dell , even though the screen is smaller and it struggles with 500mb compared to the Dells 2000mb ( I'm going to upgrade it to 2000mb at some point soon anyway .)
I want to use the x31 more which is the main reason I want to go with an external drive . If I ever needed to use the Dell I could just plug it in . As all my stuff will be stored on the external HD I want to change the creaky 20gb PATA HD in it to a SSD , sadly there is little choice of 2.5 PATA SSD hard drives and they are comparatively pricey .
Would this replace the 20gb pata ?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebP ... ce=froogle
It's the flash part that confuses me , does this go where the old drive went ? Yep its only 8gb but with the external drive all I need on the laptop itself is the Linux OS and a few files so i don't have to drag around the external drive ( not that its too large to do that , or I go anywhere anyway )
A 32gb PATA SSD is around £80 and I don't need 32gb of storage , is there anything much smaller/cheaper that will run the OS ? I want solid state as its quicker . I could use a USB with Linux on it but theres limited read/write life with those , although how long will they last in the real world ?