New warranty drive from Dell

anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
they totally raw and ready for partitioning

ta

if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
will come with no partitions.
it will also come with a one year warranty,
i do not suggest you buy from dell.
look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
(western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)

tpow wrote:
> anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
> they totally raw and ready for partitioning
>
> ta
>
>
>

"JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
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> if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
> will come with no partitions.
> it will also come with a one year warranty,
> i do not suggest you buy from dell.
> look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
> (western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)
>


Agreed. I'd only add that you shop the drive between newegg.com and
www.zipzoomfly.com .

Both are outstanding online vendors.

"JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
news:g62o00$1m6$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
> will come with no partitions.
> it will also come with a one year warranty,
> i do not suggest you buy from dell.
> look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
> (western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)
>
> tpow wrote:
>> anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
>> they totally raw and ready for partitioning
>>
>> ta
>>
>>
>>
>

no its a drive sent out because my original hdd went tu...........the
original was a 60 gig WD and they sent out a 100 gig Seagate. Just wondered
if there were any hidden partitions before I do a clone jobby.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:35:40 -0500, "S.Lewis"
<Gossamer@interesting.com> wrote:

>
>"JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
>news:g62o00$1m6$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
>> will come with no partitions.
>> it will also come with a one year warranty,
>> i do not suggest you buy from dell.
>> look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
>> (western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)
>>
>
>
>Agreed. I'd only add that you shop the drive between newegg.com and
>www.zipzoomfly.com .
>
>Both are outstanding online vendors.
>

check reviews on zipzoomfly.com. They aren't as good as once before
(reselleratings.com) if you go by more recent ratings. Of course
lifetime ratings are still okay but they are sinking because of the
more recent ratings.

"tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
> news:g62o00$1m6$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
>> will come with no partitions.
>> it will also come with a one year warranty,
>> i do not suggest you buy from dell.
>> look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
>> (western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)
>>
>> tpow wrote:
>>> anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
>>> they totally raw and ready for partitioning
>>>
>>> ta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> no its a drive sent out because my original hdd went tu...........the
> original was a 60 gig WD and they sent out a 100 gig Seagate. Just
> wondered if there were any hidden partitions before I do a clone jobby.
>


"nope".

"tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
> they totally raw and ready for partitioning


Do you have a HPA on your current HD? Is that why you are asking?

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:28:55 +0100, "tpow" <wd40@btinternet.com>
wrote:

>
>"JayB" <JayB@audiman.net> wrote in message
>news:g62o00$1m6$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> if you are talking about ordering a brand new spare drive from dell, it
>> will come with no partitions.
>> it will also come with a one year warranty,
>> i do not suggest you buy from dell.
>> look at newegg.com or buy.com and be sure to get at least a 3yr warranty
>> (western digital) or 5 yr (seagate)
>>
>> tpow wrote:
>>> anyone know if the new drives come with an inaccessible partition or are
>>> they totally raw and ready for partitioning
>>>
>>> ta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>no its a drive sent out because my original hdd went tu...........the
>original was a 60 gig WD and they sent out a 100 gig Seagate. Just wondered
>if there were any hidden partitions before I do a clone jobby.
>

I don't think so in this case.
I believe about year and a half ago or so I had to deal with a hidden
partition from Dell and I used Acronis Disk Director Pro to handle it.
I think I tried Partition Magic at first (because it was my favorite
for many years) but it would not work on it so I began to try other
softwares.

>
>
> Do you have a HPA on your current HD? Is that why you are asking?
>

If so and you do a straight "clone jobby" you are in for a surprise. Your
new HD will be the same size as the old HD.