Yes it really did. Most of the installs were made in March, it took a few full days just to install all the builds. And then I needed to record them all and add all of them in the editing software, add the drive pictures, text etc... So yeah it took a bit of time, but since I like messing arround with old computers and hard drives it wasn't a big problem. Glad you liked it :)
Yes it is. As far as I understand they bought Tandon and slapped an integrated controller on the drive rather than them being MFM. I think these are some of the very first IDE drives. I do have a video of this exact drive that I made in 2021.
@@arnlol hey, so recently I have found an mysterious WD-262 hard drive. There's no info about it. It is in a 5.25 inch backet, half height. Looks almost like the WD90344-A, but it has the strip going from the middle of the drive. (the circle part with 5 dots). On front it has a sticker that says: DRIVE TM-262 TYPE 6 FORMAT MFM It's listed as untested. Do you maybe have any info about it?? Thanks
@@mikixyz123 Well I don’t have any MFM drives, but from a quick search it appears to be a WD branded Tandom TM262 which would be a 20MB MFM drive. The WD39044-A also has the stripe under the circle at the middle, it’s just hidden by the drive’s label. Considering they both are from tondon designs I assume they are quite similar.
@@arnlol makes sense. The seller also has some rare drives, even a couple healthy MFM hard drives! From rare drives I found an Miniscribe drive, and a MFM drive from the brand "Cogito Systems". Also with the strip I meant that the WD-262 has the strip uncovered while the WD90344-A has the strip covered with an sticker.
The ST-157A can even store the RTM version actually. It will refuse to install on it, but if you make a minimal install on something else then copy all the files it will fit. The early betas install just fine on it though, which is why the 40MB drives are towards the start before the builds grew larger. If this video is received well then maybe I will do Windows 98, but I would not expect that anytime soon. Even if I decide to go for it, the installs would take much more time to do compared to Windows 95 since 98 has a lot more files.
If this video is received well, then maybe I will, but I wouldn't expect that anytime soon. I would probably go for Windows 98 first, and also installing all Whistler builds would probably take a very high amount of time and i'm not even sure if I have enough hard drives with sufficient storage space to do all the builds (Without using too modern ones which are very complicated to record since they are so quiet).
Yes it is the other one that I didn’t use in the main video of this drive model. The other one is the one I usually use on the PI and as you said I did not want to format it especially since I have two of those.
@@MyComputerStudios_ Originally I used both, but when I came back to it I decided I would do no duplicate drive models. The 73g build was on the other ST-157A but was really slow to load, so I replaced this one with the Maxtor 7540 (which I used on an early build because of the drive’s issues, as the first partition is only about 60MB) as 81 on the noisier ST-157A didn’t take nearly as long to start up.
No I just decided to install each build on a different drive, but it doesn't matter. I have enough drives to install each build on a different one rather than wipe and install all the builds on the same one, which also makes my life easier, I can just intall all the builds then record them all once done with the installations.
WOW This must have taken so long to make!
10/10 video.
Yes it really did. Most of the installs were made in March, it took a few full days just to install all the builds. And then I needed to record them all and add all of them in the editing software, add the drive pictures, text etc... So yeah it took a bit of time, but since I like messing arround with old computers and hard drives it wasn't a big problem.
Glad you liked it :)
@@arnlol Yes this was relaxing ; )
Thank you for the nostalgia 🙂 The first drive in the video was actually designed by Tandon before WD bought them out.
Yes it is. As far as I understand they bought Tandon and slapped an integrated controller on the drive rather than them being MFM. I think these are some of the very first IDE drives.
I do have a video of this exact drive that I made in 2021.
@@arnlol hey, so recently I have found an mysterious WD-262 hard drive. There's no info about it. It is in a 5.25 inch backet, half height. Looks almost like the WD90344-A, but it has the strip going from the middle of the drive. (the circle part with 5 dots). On front it has a sticker that says:
DRIVE TM-262
TYPE 6
FORMAT MFM
It's listed as untested. Do you maybe have any info about it?? Thanks
@@mikixyz123 Well I don’t have any MFM drives, but from a quick search it appears to be a WD branded Tandom TM262 which would be a 20MB MFM drive.
The WD39044-A also has the stripe under the circle at the middle, it’s just hidden by the drive’s label. Considering they both are from tondon designs I assume they are quite similar.
@@arnlol makes sense. The seller also has some rare drives, even a couple healthy MFM hard drives! From rare drives I found an Miniscribe drive, and a MFM drive from the brand "Cogito Systems".
Also with the strip I meant that the WD-262 has the strip uncovered while the WD90344-A has the strip covered with an sticker.
Yay! The Maxtor 90651U2 made an appearance! Windows 95 has changed a lot! Microsoft Chicago to Beta 1 to May test release to RTM!
I love very vintage computers
When hearing old HDD i knew it will my only ASMR vidéos
request: try Windows Vista's pre build on modern hard drives and seek test
Hey which hdd has the most space in the list. looking for 3 to 6gb to add into my desktop.
Timestamps for People Who Wanna Navigate T0 Their Favorite Hard drives.
0:00/ 58s Western Digital WD93044-A
??:?? 73f ??? ??? (not included due to : only one difference in winbug to 73g)
1:03/ 73g Maxtor 7540AV
2:31/ 81/ Seagate ST-157A
4:28/ 89e Seagate ST351A/X
5:59/ 90c Seagate ST3144A
7:19/ 99/ Seagate ST3145A
9:45/ 116 Western Digital Caviar 280
??:?? 121 ??? ??? (not included due to : not leaked at the time of release)
10:55 122 Seagate ST3096A
12:14 180 Conner CFS210A
13:02 189 Seagate ST-1102A
14:15 216 Maxtor 7131AT
15:15 222 Conner CP30254
16:16 224 Seagate ST3290A
17:13 225 Seagate ST3295A
18:14 263 Seagate ST3391A
19:14 267 Seagate ST3491A
20:14 275 Conner CFS541A
21:00 285 Seagate ST3660A
21:50 286 Seagate ST3630A (not included due to : owner forgot it existed.)
22:37 302 Seagate ST3850A
??:?? 306 ??? ??? (not included due to : not leaked at the time of this video being published)
23:31 310 Seagate ST3250A
24:28 311 Seagate ST-1144A
25:34 314 Seagate ST3120A
26:31 318 Seagate ST3195A
27:43 323 Maxtor 7850AV
28:50 324 Seagate ST3243A
29:40 328 Quantum Fireball 1080AT
30:22 331 Seagate ST31270A
31:03 337 Samsung SHD-3062A
32:03 342 Seagate ST31276A
32:45 345 JTS Champ C1300-2AF
33:28 347 Quantum Bigfoot 2110AT
34:28 405 Seagate ST32122A
35:11 411 Seagate ST32132A
35:54 420 Western Digital Caviar 22500
36:42 431 Seagate ST33210A
37:26 435 Maxtor 90320D2
38:12 440 Quantum Fireball EX4.2AT
38:52 445 Seagate ST34311A
39:30 450 Fujitsu MPD3043AT
40:11 456 Seagate ST34321A
40:46 462 Western Digital Caviar 64AA
41:19 468 Fujitsu MPD3064AT
41:53 474 Seagate ST32120A
42:29 480 Maxtor 90651U2
43:03 484 Western Digital Caviar 2635
43:40 490 Maxtor 7213AT
44:26 499 Western Digital Caviar 2120
45:20 501 Western Digital Caviar 2200
45:59 708 Western Digital Caviar 2250
46:43 720 Western Digital Caviar 2340
47:25 810 Quantum Fireball 640AT
47:59 812 Western Digital Caviar 2420
48:37 818 Western Digital Caviar 2540
49:14 842 Western Digital Caviar 2700
49:49 950 r2 Quantum Fireball EX6.4AT
50:19 950 r3 JTS Nordic N1620-3AR
51:00 950 rtm Western Digital Caviar
Is there going to be a Windows 98 beta version ? Surprised the ST-157A can hold that capacity for Windows Chicago beta
The ST-157A can even store the RTM version actually. It will refuse to install on it, but if you make a minimal install on something else then copy all the files it will fit.
The early betas install just fine on it though, which is why the 40MB drives are towards the start before the builds grew larger.
If this video is received well then maybe I will do Windows 98, but I would not expect that anytime soon. Even if I decide to go for it, the installs would take much more time to do compared to Windows 95 since 98 has a lot more files.
can you test windows whistler and xp leaks ? and its a good video
If this video is received well, then maybe I will, but I wouldn't expect that anytime soon. I would probably go for Windows 98 first, and also installing all Whistler builds would probably take a very high amount of time and i'm not even sure if I have enough hard drives with sufficient storage space to do all the builds (Without using too modern ones which are very complicated to record since they are so quiet).
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You can use long filenames when you save
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0:42 looks like Windows 10
Can you please do a video of the Seagate ST31270A?
20:15 this conner drive is the second one you have right? you may not wanted to format the first one.
Yes it is the other one that I didn’t use in the main video of this drive model. The other one is the one I usually use on the PI and as you said I did not want to format it especially since I have two of those.
@@arnlol at 2:31 why did you use the ST157A with worn bearings?
@@MyComputerStudios_ Originally I used both, but when I came back to it I decided I would do no duplicate drive models. The 73g build was on the other ST-157A but was really slow to load, so I replaced this one with the Maxtor 7540 (which I used on an early build because of the drive’s issues, as the first partition is only about 60MB) as 81 on the noisier ST-157A didn’t take nearly as long to start up.
@@arnlol did you try swapping PCBs on the ST157As?
Mega!
do you have unleaked builds?
Why there are so many hdd, are they being used in Microsoft?
No I just decided to install each build on a different drive, but it doesn't matter. I have enough drives to install each build on a different one rather than wipe and install all the builds on the same one, which also makes my life easier, I can just intall all the builds then record them all once done with the installations.
@@arnlol Wait, the OS is installed inside the hard drive? never knew that
or am i just wrong
Outdated!!!!!!!