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    western digital 320gb + hard drive enclosure 99$

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by phuongt, Apr 5, 2008.

  1. phuongt

    phuongt Notebook Enthusiast

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    amazon has a simpletech mini portable external hard drive 320gb at 99$ :eek: . According to a review. inside it is a western digital 320gb . so you can buy it then open it and you'll have a 320gb internal notebook hard drive plus an external enclosure where you can put in your old hard drive. :eek:

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    phuongt, Apr 5, 2008
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    nice find, too bad I have no reason to upgrade to them.

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    K-TRON, Apr 5, 2008
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  3. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Good deal,but I normally stay away from WD.
     
    The_Observer, Apr 5, 2008
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  4. Lazy

    Lazy Notebook Consultant

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    Away from WD??
    Thats usually a comment I hear from products like Maxtor or something
     
    Lazy, Apr 6, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Actually, I second Rambo29 on that comment.
    I had a bad run in with Western Digital a few years ago, and after that I never bought another drive from them.
    I have stuck with Hitachi and Samsung ever since and never had problems.
    I bet Rambo had a similar bad experience as did I.
    I bought 16 40Gb Western digital drives and 7 of them did not work on unpackaging. Of the remaining 9 drives, 8 of them died after 2 months. They would click ridiculously, causing sproadic restarts of the spindle motor. Teh last drive still ran, but I just shipped all of them back to WD. I said screw it, WD can go kiss my ass.
    Out of every computer I have found, I have never seen a Western Digital drive still work. All of them have the sproadic restart of the motor problem. As a result, if I even find a WD, I dont even bother testing it, I just smash it with a hammer.

    I only buy Hitachi and Samsung from now on, and I have never had a problem.
    I had a similar problem with Seagate in which almost every desktop drive I bought of theirs had a spin retry count on arrival. After 5 returns to newegg, I just told them to give me my money back. I ordered a hitachi and it has been running strong for a few years now.

    I still recommend WD and Seagate if their drives are strong and have good ratings. Its just that my personal experiences steer me to the competition.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 6, 2008
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  6. biada

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    Can anyone confirm this? I was actually going to buy a 250gb WD HD for my HP Laptop.
    For $119
     
    biada, Apr 7, 2008
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  7. FloydTheBarber

    FloydTheBarber Notebook Consultant

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    The fact that drives you've bought years ago were malfunctioning has nothing to do with WD's current quality level.
     
    FloydTheBarber, Apr 8, 2008
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  8. Damn Dirty Ape

    Damn Dirty Ape Notebook Consultant

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    119 on tuesday morning
     
    Damn Dirty Ape, Apr 8, 2008
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  9. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    119 is still a great deal.
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 8, 2008
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