Vista Users BEWARE!

[Flat_White]

Just letting you know...

do not compress your hard drive if using vista....

when you restart your computer it will be unable to boot because BOOTMGR.exe will have corrupted.

I did this the other day and had no choice but to reformat:bang:

cheers

 

[hakhawk]

why bother compressing the hdd in the first place? hdd storage is cheap as chips these days

 

[Joey_21]

why bother compressing the hdd in the first place? hdd storage is cheap as chips these days

true that i picked up an external hd 149 gig for 100 bucks half full already hhaha

 

[dijm8]

no need to compress mine, 500gb hdd will last me a long time b4 it gets full

 

[BANKS]

true that i picked up an external hd 149 gig for 100 bucks half full already hhaha

The shop must have been on a hill cus they saw you coming!!

SeaGate 500 gig 7200rpm SATA-2 $ 102

Pays to have a look around mate :thumbsup:

 

[AirStrike]

no need to compress mine, 500gb hdd will last me a long time b4 it gets full

Depends what you do mate, I have not even had my new comp running for a week and I have filled half of a 250GB drive and 100GB of a 750GB one.

 

[dijm8]

yeh but im not a downloading whore like sum ppl lol, just a few music downloads everynow and then keeps me happy lol

 

[Flat_White]

why bother compressing the hdd in the first place? hdd storage is cheap as chips these days

Trust me, i have been asking myself that question for the last couple of days... and i just got a 500gb external...

i started this thread just to give everyone a heads up..

 

[Flat_White]

The shop must have been on a hill cus they saw you coming!!

SeaGate 500 gig 7200rpm SATA-2 $ 102

Pays to have a look around mate :thumbsup:

The shop must have been on a hill cus they saw you coming!! I got a LaCie 500gb External for 65bucks from officeworks!

 

[AirStrike]

The shop must have been on a hill cus they saw you coming!! I got a LaCie 500gb External for 65bucks from officeworks!

Ummm and who the hell is Lacie?