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Discussions tagged with 7200rpm focus on hard drive performance and compatibility in Windows systems. Users report issues such as slow startup times after upgrading from a 5400rpm to a 7200rpm drive, and installation failures where a new 7200rpm HDD is not recognized by the Windows 7 installer. Specific models like the Western Digital Scorpio 7200 RPM and Seagate Momentus 7200.2 are mentioned, with comparisons between 5400rpm and 7200rpm drives for laptop replacements. Topics include seek times, buffer sizes, and SATA interfaces. Troubleshooting steps like changing SATA ports, enabling AHCI, and clean installs are discussed, but no definitive solutions are provided in the sources.
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    Windows 7 Failed Custom Windows 7 Install on New HDD (Boot Mgr Missing followed by installer not recognizing H

    I just put together a brand new PC build with all new components. In the middle of a custom install of Windows 7 on the HDD (the system only has one 1TB 7200rpm toshiba HDD), the installation screen went blank and the computer restarted. After restarting, the monitor displayed bootdisk mgr...
    • AnEndingAscent
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    • 1tb 7200rpm ahci bios boot manager components custom install error message hardware issues hdd installation issues optical drive pc build restart sata system specs toshiba troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Starting Up Slow about 2-5 minutes to startup

    Hi, everyone.. i am a newbie here. and i wish to ask experts here to help me. i have a Notebook Asus N82 and i change my harddisk (5400rpm 640Gb) to 320Gb 7200rpm. I using Seagate hd to clone all files. and boot... it works normally except starting up when windows flag appear.. it will takes...
    • pika1988
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    • 5400 rpm 7200rpm asus n82 boot time clean install clone disk issues error hard drive notebook ntbtlog operating system performance seagate slow boot startup troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 windows flag
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Western Digital Scorpio - IS THIS GOOD?

    Rotational Speed: 7,200 RPM (nominal)Buffer Size:16 MBAverage Latency:5.50 ms (nominal)Read Seek Time:12.0 msTrack-To-Track Seek Time:2.0 ms (average)Buffer To Host (Serial ATA):3 Gb/s (Max)Formatted Capacity:320,072 MBCapacity:320 GBInterface:SATA 3 Gb/s Model #WD3200BEKT
    • Soulja Pixii
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    • 7200rpm buffersize capacity hard drive hardware latency model wd3200bekt performance project scorpio sata seek time storage western digital
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Laptop HDD Replacement Choice

    Hey Guys, just trying to get some info. I need to change a HDD in a Vaio VGN-N130G The system came originally with a 80GB with a 1.6GHz processor I ve narrowed down the HDD to the following 2: ( to be honest mostly due to budged restraints!!) Western Digital Scorpio Blue (WD1600BEVT)...
    • Bad.hair.spray
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    • 5400 rpm 7200rpm cooling issues hdd replacement laptop performance seagate storage upgrade vaio western digital
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General Computing
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