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    Cheap Laptop Hard drive, help needed in choosing

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by eyuras, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. eyuras

    eyuras Notebook Consultant

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    Right, I need some advice.
    my parents laptop harddrive is working at around .2mb/s and is filled with bad blocks

    so I figure ill have to get them a new one anyone can suggest an ultra cheap hard drive?
    ATA/100 more than 10gb+

    many thanks
     
    eyuras, Jan 10, 2008
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  2. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

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    Does it have to be 100gb+? What is the capacity of your parent's HD now?

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Jan 10, 2008
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  3. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    Samsung hard disks are good value for money. You can pretty much buy anybrand (Western Digital, Seagate, Samsung, Hitatchi or Fujitsu) just look for something that is on sale and get 5400 rpm and not 4200.

    40GB is the smallest still for sale i think. I would go for 80GB they are only a few bucks more expensive.
     
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  4. eyuras

    eyuras Notebook Consultant

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    thanks, ill give it a butchers at newegg later today

    (their old hard drive was 40gb but they used less than 6gb of it)
     
    eyuras, Jan 11, 2008
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