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    What to do with the extra HDD from other machine?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vaw, Mar 26, 2009.

  1. vaw

    vaw Notebook Deity

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    I have the hard drive from another machine. No longer have that machine. Will have a new machine, new model. The HDD has 80GB, which is less than my new machine's HDD. It has some software I had installed, including the Win XP that was installed for the previous machine. What can I do with this extra HDD? All I can think of is selling it, but for how much? Any other way to use it?
     
    vaw, Mar 26, 2009
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Yes you can use it, buy an external hdd enclosure for it and you can use it as an external drive. Selling it is probably useless as 80gb is small and not very desirable being used its worth even less.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 27, 2009
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  3. vaw

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    Thank you. Actually it's new, not used, except I installed the software.
     
    vaw, Mar 27, 2009
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    That would make it used :p
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 27, 2009
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    Lots of options here for external enclosures.
     
    thetank256, Jul 1, 2009
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