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Are my hard drives compatible with each other?
I have 2 Western Digital hard drives both of which are SATA. They have different capacities (36GB and 160GB) but they run at different speeds. The 36GB is the Raptor which runs at 10,000 rpm and the 160GB runs at 7,500 rpm. My primary HD is the 160GB. What I want to do is add the 36GB HD just to increase my storage capacity. Both drives are basically the same with the exception of their running speeds. Will they work together ok, or am I just asking for trouble?
My PC is a custom built. ASUS P4C800E-Deluxe MoBo, 800fsb, socket 478, P4 3.0Ghz, 4Gb DDR400 (PC3200).
3 Answers
- BradLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
They don't need to be compatible with each other. The read write/write speed is just the speed at which the drive is accessed basically. One will just be faster than the other, thats all. You shouldn't run into any problems with them conflicting.
- 1 decade ago
They'll work fine together. They operate independent of each other.
An older smaller disk like that is an excellent backup disk, or for other storage like software, etc.
