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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bobboau on February 25, 2006, 01:41:06 am

Title: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Bobboau on February 25, 2006, 01:41:06 am
I'm finding myself in need of a small hard drive, somewere in the 10-20 gig range. anyone got one laying around they'd be willing to part with?
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: CP5670 on February 25, 2006, 02:27:10 am
I have one, but I use it occasionally when testing overclocks. It's a weird 5.25" drive that won't fit in normal cases anyway.

Try ebay. These things can be found very cheap there. I got a fairly fast 40GB drive from there for $28 two months ago.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Charismatic on February 25, 2006, 09:16:00 am
Yes, i got one, um, in my, uh, wallet.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: JoeLo on February 25, 2006, 10:25:46 am
 Meh a spare hard drive, in conjuction with a network adaptor and HDloader can back up all your PS2 games.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Nix on February 25, 2006, 03:20:32 pm
Staples currently has a sale on a Maxtor 200GB ATA with 8mb Cache for $39.99 after all the rebates and such.  Not bad considering the price and size of the drive.  I think there's a big whopper of an instant rebate, meaning it's applied at checkout, but don't quote me on that if you have to buy it online.  I noticed this online and in-store, so if you have a staples near you, I'd go in and check.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: CP5670 on February 25, 2006, 04:12:36 pm
That's the drive I'm using right now. At that price I'll have to think about picking up a second one.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Bobboau on February 25, 2006, 04:37:01 pm
at that price I might have to think about picking up five, damn!
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: CP5670 on February 25, 2006, 04:42:27 pm
hmm, that price actually includes a $40 mail in rebate that expires today. I'm not going to have time to go a Staples today, and at $80 it's nothing out of the ordinary.
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Taristin on February 25, 2006, 05:33:20 pm
I've got a 20 gigger that may or may not work...
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: ZmaN on February 25, 2006, 09:32:10 pm
I've got a 10 gig and a 40 gig, but it'll cost you a lil bit for it   ;)
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Stealth on February 26, 2006, 01:26:10 am
shoot if you need a hard drive that desperately, let me know, and i'll buy one for you on Ebay and have it shipped t your house ;)
Title: Re: anyone got a spare 20 gig HD?
Post by: Nix on February 26, 2006, 06:23:48 am
Wow, the mail-in rebate expires(d) today?  darn, I was thinking of getting one just for some cheap mass storage.  Don't they have a "must pe postmarked" date on them?  I saw a whole bunch on a table there and they weren't selling much...  then again I WOULD have to front 80 up front and I really dont want to do that unless the rebates are truly really instant.  Ah well, no biggie for me.  Come to think of it, I know I have a 10 gig drive around here somewhere.  It's an old Quantum, so I cannot guarantee reliability.  What's really funny though is it has a little apple logo on it, I guess it came out of someone's mac, but I dunno.  It was found in an old machine I was gutting out and I used it for my MS-DOS drive, it does work but it gets no use now because I really dont have the time for the old box atm.