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My son is in the market for a new SATA hard drive for his PC running WinXP
SP3, which has mobo support for SATA.
I am looking at a "Barracuda 250GB 7,200RPM Serial ATA-300 Hard Drive OEM"
for $50, which is about a $25 savings over the retail box version.
I'm guessing the OEM has only the drive, and nothing else. No cables,
CD-ROM setup, or instructions. I've got an extra cable, so that's not a
problem. But, since it's been a number of years since I've installed a hard
drive in an existing setup (and this would be the first SATA hard drive), I
am wondering what's involved in setting this up. Will the OEM drive come
formatted? WIthout setup software, how does one format and partition new
drives nowadays in WinXP? Still opening up a command prompt and using
FORMAT?
FWIW, this is not going to be a bootable drive, and is only for data (not
applications).
Any other questions I should be asking?
TIA,
Dan
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