A few thoughts about hard drive upgrade for vl420
If you intend to make a hard drive upgrade for vl420 computer model then you are reading the right article . This series of computers from Hewlett Packard is one of those rather affordable options which aimed to deliver a balanced system while at the same providing a lot of on board components. The typical 20 gigabyte hard drive is simply not enough for the current needs and trends. Now you shouldn't bother buying one of the latest and fastest hard drive, because this series has an ATA 100 IDE controller. This basically means that the transfer rate between your hard drive and the motherboard will still be rather low. The best choice available is I guess a 80 gigabytes hard drive. The market is all but saturated with a great deal of brands and models in this range. I suggest that you aim for a low price and a long warranty. Speed is out of question here. A hard drive with 7200 RPM (rotations per minute) should do the trick quite fine. Any superior RPM would be an overkill. Of course the appeal that the vl4200 series has is preinstalled software. If you don't want to lose it it is recommended that you use Norton Ghost to copy the entire old hard drive on the new one. Of course you might just as well decide to keep both hard drives. Whenever you are in doubt you can contact the initial seller and tell them that you want to make a hard drive upgrade for vl420. They will most likely be very happy to help you as they will make another sale. Also they will have probably encountered many other people in your situation and will offer quite a large number of alternatives. Just keep in mind that you are aiming for a good price and a large storage capacity and you should have absolutely no problem. When they sold you that computer they told that it is very well suited for future upgrades. Test the waters and see if you can get any discounts for upgrading a system that was initially bought from them. Of course you may also choose to buy on the second hand market, but you should be aware that cheap bargains can cost you in the long run. Always test what you buy so you don't end up with a piece of junk.
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