@rogevibe wrote:I thought the old dinosaur needed an HDD upgrade - not used now , just a nostelgic sort of thing during this national health crisis
Currently the drive is a 2.5inch IDE PATA drive, rotational speed of 4,200 rpm - i suppose ok in 2004 but what might be the options now ?
I checked around the listings and seemed a cost effective solution was a 60GB M.2 2242 NGFF Solid Sate Drive -
but it does look somewhat different to the oem drive
So of course will need an adapter
and yes , would you believe ? Ebay listings almost never fail to deliver.
M.2 NGFF SATA PCIe SSD B key to IDE 44pin converter adapter with case
Well it all fitted together and BIOS setup supported that
Slow booting really irritates me , so i am quite happy with the results although is obsolete Windows XP pro service pack 3 .
I might end up using it for a offline home budget spreadsheet
mov video pending of full booting from power up
there we go
