topic Re: HD SATA2 on xl201 in PCs & Accessories

HD SATA2 on xl201

d8b — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:17:49 GMT

Hi all,
I would like to buy this hd http://www.wdc.com/it/products/products.asp?driveid=336.
Is this hd compatible with sony vaio xl201?

Thank you in advance,
David

Re: HD SATA2 on xl201

Blencogo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:48:18 GMT

Hi David.

Yes, it should be compatible.

It is the standard size and SATA is always backward compatible so the SATA 3 should work OK in your XL.

Re: HD SATA2 on xl201

d8b — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:46:40 GMT

Hi Blencogo,
thank you for your answer.
So, do you think there are not bios limitations about size (1TeraByte)?
I have the bios updated for Vista although I use the original Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Thank you,
David

p.s.
This is the chipset page info. It says that sata supports 3Gb/s.

Re: HD SATA2 on xl201

C13UGG — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:42:42 GMT

Hello,

To give you some confidence, I have installed 3 1TB Samsung f1 disks and configured in a RAID 5 and haven't experienced any issues. PC boot and shut down is amazingly quick.

Re: HD SATA2 on xl201

d8b — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:29:57 GMT

Thank you!!!

Re: HD SATA2 on xl201

d8b — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:52:05 GMT

Installed, initialized but not formatted.
Do you think it's better to split the whole space with partitions?
If yes, how?
I thought at least 2 partitions: 1 primary for boot disk backup, 1 for archive.
The first hd is partitioned as sony default: 3 partitions: 1 recovery, 1 windows xp, 1 data.

Thank you.