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be nice and give me some very quick help?

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Se7en:
Now the thing is, you DO need USB2, and that means adding a PCI expansion card to support it. This means cracking your case open, and if your going to do that, you may as well just install a new internal hard drive, which is cheaper and faster.

kevin.:
you are all definetely nice.
thank you very much!

the internal hard drive sounds like a really good idea, and cheaper is always better, BUT, it would be handy for me to have usb 2.0, so I could update my ipod and transfer images from my cameras quicker....undecided.
if I took it to a shop, could they transfer everything thats on my drive at the moment to the newer, bigger one? or is it a smarter solution to put everything I have onto cd's and put it onto the new one myself? how many discs do you think it would take to burn around 25 GB's of music and photos?
any takers on the good alternative to myspace thing? I checked out that tardcore thing, but wasnt sure....

jhocking:
If you get a new internal drive then there's no need for CDs, or any other external media.  You just move files to the new drive just like moving them around within a single drive (ie. click and drag the icons.)

This of course assumes that you add the new harddrive to your rig, as opposed to replacing your existing one.  In other words, you now have two harddrives in your computer: the old one with your OS and applications on it, and the new one that you move your media files to.

Se7en:
Even if you want to replace the old hard drive, plugging both in temporarily and cloning the data isnt too hard.

On a scale of 1 to 10, adding a USB2 card is a 2. Its one of the easiest things you can do to the guts of a computer. You slot it in, and fasten the single screw that holds it down.

Installing an internal hard drive is a little bit harder. You have 4 screws, 2 cables, and often a quite cramped space to work in. You also have jumpers to set before you install it. Its still only a 3 on the difficulty scale though.

Sideways:
I'd actually put an HD installation at a 4 or 5... but that's just me.

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