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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: quinealty on November 27, 2004, 12:10:16 PM

Title: gateway info
Post by: quinealty on November 27, 2004, 12:10:16 PM
i have a gateway destination computer i need to add a harddrive to it.it has a second port but what i need to know is will aftermarket parts work in it or does it have to be gateway equipment only.
Title: Re: gateway info
Post by: merlin_2 on November 27, 2004, 12:34:46 PM
more info on how many drives do you have ...and you dont have to have  a gateway<emachines> hard.... drive??..you will find its either a maxtor/seagate/western digital drive...
Title: Re: gateway info
Post by: quinealty on November 27, 2004, 12:42:10 PM
i have two hd's one is a 4 gb hd and the other is a 17gb hd the 17 is fried i was told so i was going to step it up with a 160gb hd from maxtor but i didn't know if it was compatible with gateway. i wanted to find out if i could use it before i just bought it on the sellers word that it would work.
Title: Re: gateway info
Post by: Computer_Commando on November 27, 2004, 02:09:57 PM
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i have two hd's one is a 4 gb hd and the other is a 17gb hd the 17 is fried i was told so i was going to step it up with a 160gb hd from maxtor but i didn't know if it was compatible with gateway. i wanted to find out if i could use it before i just bought it on the sellers word that it would work.


Original Gateway computer had 4GB HDD?  You want to add a 160GB to it?  Doubtful it will work.

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Title: Re: gateway info
Post by: merlin_2 on November 27, 2004, 02:43:38 PM
well what can one say>http://baltimore.craigslist.org/sys/46694109.html

in the uk is called a set top box <xbox comes to mind>
Title: Re: gateway info
Post by: Computer_Commando on November 27, 2004, 03:06:29 PM
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well what can one say>http://baltimore.craigslist.org/sys/46694109.html

in the uk is called a set top box <xbox comes to mind>


It was, an maybe still is, the largest computer monitor ever sold, 36".

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