I have Centrino 1.66 GHz Duo Core,,,, 1 GB RAM ,,,128 MB graphics card ...make is HP.... with 80 GB Hard Drive.... should i replace hard drive with 60 GB ...would it help in gaining some more speed of my laptop .....because 60 GB will be enough space for me ...Plz help me regarding that wether i shud replace it or i wont effect on speed of laptop..
2006-11-05 05:17:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Where your thought process makes sense (less space to look for files means faster lookup time) it isn't a matter of size of hard drive that will effect speed. Spped of a pc relies more heavily on RAM and Processor speed. Think of it as this,
The hard drive is your Brain, all the information you need is stored there, somethings run automatically, some you need to manually do.
Memory is just that, how well can you remeber things, tasks, events etc.
Processor is your mind, how well do you recall tasks and information, and if you have an organized mind you can retrieve information much better if your memory is intact and your Brain is not malfunctioning.
The Computer works kind of the same way...Memory is used when accesing programs or files as to what the computer is supposed to do with the file (.jpg file=opens picture viewer) and the amount of memory you have determines how quickly that ionformation can be accessed (low memory means you have to override or slow down something else to get the information to come up). your processor speed puts all the components together and determines how quickly the whole thing works together. If you Hard drive is defragmented (scatter brained) it has a harder time telling the memory what to do and where the information is, and therefore the processor has to wait longer for the information to get there.
If its a matter of programs starting faster or files opening quicker, defragment your hard drive on a regular basis and shutoff any programs you don't need running (you don't need a fork and knife if your not eating). Also delete old files you no longer need or use and empty the recycle bin (take out the trash). Look into memory upgrades for your laptop.
Finally, if its a matter of trying to get the internet to come up faster, well thats a whole different bag of worms, that depends on your connection speed, the sites traffic and bandwith, your processor and memory as well as which bowser you are using and how much junk is stored there.
2006-11-05 05:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by Helping Since 1969 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn;t really the nature of the speed differences with larger drives.
There are two aspects to disk drives that are important. size and spindle speed. Disks can be 5400 rpm, 7200rpm, 10000 and some at 15000 now. Most larger capacity drives have slower spindles speeds...which is the real speed limiter on your machine.
A second speed limiter is the disk interface. ATA, SATA, etc. USB is slowest common method in use.
The only thing that will limit your CPU is the handling of excessive numbers of files. That is a tradeoff between need for lots of storage vs speed. Large capacity disk by itself isn;t bad. Only if there is excessive small files.
2006-11-05 13:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't do that!
The OS (i guess it is Microsoft) doesn't matter with your hardisk space. But it does matter when u run utilities like Disk Scan, Virus Scan (Main thing Anti virus are also responsible for decrease in speed), You have enough RAM.
My advice will be check what is the speed of your Hard disk it should be 7200 rpm if not it will be 5400rpm (which means slow). Also check whether u can have sata supported hard disk !
If you have SATA I OR SATA II supported Mother Board than upgrade the Harddisk. Believe me it will tremendously Increase speed.. Also check whether Your computer get heated soon..
2006-11-05 13:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Altainta 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is kind of an incorrect statement, and with the sizes you are talking about you will probably see no difference based on just size. A few big things to check on drive speed would be: Spindle Speed (RPM) & Buffer Memory, this can make a big difference if you are going to switch drives. You should run the ussual gammet of items first (chkdsk, defrag, spyware scans..blah blah blha)
2006-11-05 13:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ray M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the more space you have the better. What you need is memory. Depending on where you are lacking, you may need graphical memory or RAM. If your computer lags or locks up when you play videos or video games then you may need graphical memory, or a new video card. If it locks up in ordinary instances with low graphics, then you need more RAM.
2006-11-05 13:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by sknilegap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Donot downgrade your harddisc. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-05 23:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HD dosn't slow your system unlike it will speed up your system performance
if you having a slow system first thing is to upgrade your RAM
then if possible upgrade your CPU then upgrading your Harddisk
if you have a slow speed rpm access HD
2006-11-05 13:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by mexacter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well my friend it is true more area to cover every boot up also alot of data to be lost on the big hard drives at one time
2006-11-05 13:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by markshere4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO is not true, Depends on how much space you are used, more sapce less velocity but is not for down grade your lap top
2006-11-05 13:28:26 · answer #9 · answered by arqui 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true, don't down grade, do a defrag on your current hdd
2006-11-05 13:20:19 · answer #10 · answered by shane649 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋