[Nelug] Cheap external or internal hd's

[Aleksander Helgaker]

Internal would work just fine. I've seen hd's cost £30 each with 80gb
storage, but I don't really need that much. Thats why I'm asking around for
used ones. The more money I can save the better. I am a student after all
:).

On 10/3/06, Douglas Nisbet <dougie at highmoor.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I've been using a couple of 160GB seagates for some time and since
> they're running well I decided to see how much they were currently
> costing. I was a bit surprised to see they're only 40 quid each
> http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?QuickLinx=3W4F. Does it have to be
> external? I've probably got an old internal IDE drive that I don't need.
>
> Dougie
>
>
> Aleksander Helgaker wrote:
> > Currently looking into getting an external hard drive to install Linux
> > on. I use windows quite a bit (don't kill me :) ) and I've never liked
> > running windows and Linux of the same hd as I think it's much easier
> > to maintain if they have each their hd. Especially seeing as I
> > sometimes chose to reinstall windows or upgrade to a new edition in
> > which case the mbr get rewritten to use the windows boot loader.
> > Therefore I'm in search of a cheap hd to install Linux on. I don't
> > need much storage space as I won't be using it for things like music
> > and video, etc. So I was wondering if anyone has any hd's lying around
> > which they don't use anymore which they would be willing to part with
> > for a price. If it's a usb based external drive that would be perfect,
> > if not I'll just buy a an enclosure for it (what do they cost in
> > England?).
> >
> > --
> > Aleksander
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Aleksander
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