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Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 15:50

Right I just bought a portable HDD off loafofbrett but its only 40GB

I was thinking about buying something like a 120gb drive to put in there instead.
What sort of price should I be paying? Where are good places to buy from?
What makes are better than others?

Will put this 40gb one into my PS2 or something

[Edited on 28-03-2006 by Doug Corsa]

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 16:05

SATA or IDE

I dont know anything about HDD's

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 16:10

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sealed-Western-Digital-160GB-SATA-Harddrive-160-250-GB_W0QQitemZ8786233581QQcategoryZ16178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

??

Worth considering?

James_DT

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28th Mar 06 at 16:35

I'd open it and find out if it's IDE or SATA before you buy a drive.

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 16:40

At the risk of sounding very dumb.....

How do I tell the difference? will it be written on it? Never done anything with HDD's before

James_DT

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28th Mar 06 at 16:44

The cable connecting it will be different.
IDE:

SATA:

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 16:50

http://www.hd4less.com/fuj40uathard.html

model: MPG3409AT

Think its a IDE

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 17:16

If I bought a HDD in USA would it work in this country? Im going there tommorow so might find one cheap over there

Just ask for a 3.5" IDE HDD yeah?
Would plug into the existing external HDD connections shouldnt it?

Skylined

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28th Mar 06 at 19:18

80gb = £44.99
120gb = £55.99
160gb = £59.99

Approx prices at my work. Int much in it between them

Doug

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28th Mar 06 at 20:08

quote:
Originally posted by Doug Corsa
If I bought a HDD in USA would it work in this country? Im going there tommorow so might find one cheap over there

Just ask for a 3.5" IDE HDD yeah?
Would plug into the existing external HDD connections shouldnt it?

John

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28th Mar 06 at 21:41

Yes it doesn't matter what country you buy it from.
Your prices are a bit dear skylined.
Can get 250gb for 60 quid no bother.

Pablo

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29th Mar 06 at 10:41

check my ebay sig, im selling 2 300GB hard disk both with no reserve price

Doug

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29th Mar 06 at 15:04

How much would you end one of the auctions for?

Skylined

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29th Mar 06 at 17:46

quote:
Originally posted by John
Yes it doesn't matter what country you buy it from.
Your prices are a bit dear skylined.
Can get 250gb for 60 quid no bother.

Please tell me where???

John

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29th Mar 06 at 17:56

www.ebuyer.com

Pablo

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30th Mar 06 at 12:16