160 GB hard drive with JJ OS 1 (Akai MPC 1000)

Hi guys,

I am new on this forum and already read a lot of posts - thx for the help

Here is my issue : I want to buy a 160 GB hard drive (with enclosure) for my MPC 1000. I use the JJ OS 1 and I would like to know if anybody know which hard drive should i buy.
According to some posts I read, this one seems good : 160 Gb Samsung Spinpoint M5 HM160HC
Does anybody has it whith the same OS as me, it will help choosing a good one before buying..

Thx

i have jjos2 with also a samsung 160 gb. it only sees approx.140 gb, but its ok for me...

so i think itshould work for u...

Ok man thx. I was wondering is it better to take 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm will also work ??
Still waiting for other advices concerning the HD that work with JJ OS 1.. Cheers.

I don't see why JJOS1 or JJOS2 would make any difference. it's a hard drive. it follows industry standards.

I just want to find a safe 160 Gb hard drive to work with JJ OS 1 on MPC 1000... I wrote to the hiphoptools website because I was interested in their Hd but they said they couldn't garantee me that their HD will work with the JJ OS.. So if anybody can help it will be appreciated.

bachcoy wrote:Ok man thx. I was wondering is it better to take 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm will also work ??
Still waiting for other advices concerning the HD that work with JJ OS 1.. Cheers.

i would stick to 5400rpm. i read some were awhile ago that the mpc only reads 5400 when i got a hdd. and if you get a 160gb, the mpc only sees between 130-140gb. i got 134gb out of 160gb.

p.s. i used jjos 1 and 2 when i installed the hdd. work fine with me. now im at jjos2xl and works sweet as a nut.

To modulator & Clipkuts : can you tell me the reference of your HD and where did you get it from ?
Cheers guys

i use a samsung hm160hc 160gb/8m/pata , 5400rpm

very silent much faster then cf, works fine....

Thx man, is there a difference between ATA and PATA coz I checked on ebay and only saw ATA with this samsung..
The price is not bad though.

i cant remember what brand i used. i think it was samsung or toshiba.

And keep to IDE drive not SATA or you will **** up.

are you in the US or UK?

ok man I am in Montreal

ATA and PATA are the same thing, just don't get SATA

I don't see why 7200rpm wouldn't work, the host system doesn't care what speed the disk spins at, the drive controls that internally

ok. i was going to give you a link to a web site in the UK, but it will not be good to you. the site is DABS.com. thats were i ordered mine.

So, keep to IDE, 5400rpm and i wont go over 160gb.

hope this helps.

Peace.

one reason for the difference in size is that drive manufacturers use 1GB = 1000000000 bytes, but your computer (and probably the MPC) uses 1GB = 1073741824 bytes

so what is sold as 160 "GB" is only really 149GB. Once you partition it at least 11GB will be used up in overhead of the partition table, so what's left is going to be less than 140GB. That's normal.