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1st October 2008, 14:07
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For the HDD Whores...
Get you bag's ready and place on your head to walk into ... ALDI
Just been told that tomorrow they're doing USB2.0 500GB Hard Drives for ... £49.99!
Go Go Go
Link: http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...40thursday.htm
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1st October 2008, 14:15
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1st October 2008, 14:16
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For an extra 20 quid you could get 2x 500gb (1TB) 
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1st October 2008, 14:18
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Bargain 
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1st October 2008, 14:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ste-88
For an extra 20 quid you could get 2x 500gb (1TB) |
... where?
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1st October 2008, 14:26
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cheap drives.. argh.
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1st October 2008, 14:30
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Rather spend a little more and get a drive that wont, lose data or set my house on fire
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1st October 2008, 14:32
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really that cheap?
but yeah i agree with Leckie, id rather not have something thats got the potential to hurt me hahahaha
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1st October 2008, 14:36
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Meh, I'm gonna buy 2 lol, cheap enough if they work or don't. (Have warrenty anywhoo)
Never had a problem with cheap drives (or media), only one im having a problem with at the moment is my western digital, being a twat sometimes, looks like it'll be going in the bin soon.
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1st October 2008, 14:55
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Meh, I'm gonna buy 2 lol, cheap enough if they work or don't. (Have warrenty anywhoo)
Never had a problem with cheap drives (or media), only one im having a problem with at the moment is my western digital, being a twat sometimes, looks like it'll be going in the bin soon.
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warrently wont help you with lost data. as leckie said, spend more for peace of mind.
re the WD its more than likely an enclosure issue, pull it apart and whack the drive in a PC.
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1st October 2008, 14:58
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and no please dont buy maxtor.. probably THE worse drive maker out there.
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1st October 2008, 14:58
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Speaking off failed disks.
New kid came into work today, pulled out a swanky looking brushed metal HDD. i say how nice it looks. Plugs it into PC. POWER SERGE.
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1st October 2008, 15:01
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Speaking off failed disks.
New kid came into work today, pulled out a swanky looking brushed metal HDD. i say how nice it looks. Plugs it into PC. POWER SERGE.
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lol nice..
i just picked up 2 750gb seagate freeagents for £70 each. not the cheapest but i'll sleep sounder at night. especially as theyre set to sync with each other.
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1st October 2008, 15:03
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and no please dont buy maxtor.. probably THE worse drive maker out there.
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I've never had any issues with Maxtor/Seagate drives.
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1st October 2008, 15:08
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I've never had any issues with Maxtor/Seagate drives.
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give it time.. every single ever maxtor disk ive seen as developed a tick of death quicker than other makes. btw seagate and maxtor disks arent the same.
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1st October 2008, 15:15
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Never had a problem with maxtor disks to be honest. have linux installed onto a 20gb in this pc, the drives getting on a fair bit for age and its still fine!
as for WD, i've got a 80gig drive in this pc thats been going for around 6 years!
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1st October 2008, 15:18
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seriously, 90% of desktop hard disk failure ive seen have been maxtor disks. its essentially a budget brand, i certainly wouldnt trust them.
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1st October 2008, 15:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by neilandhisvtr
warrently wont help you with lost data. as leckie said, spend more for peace of mind.
re the WD its more than likely an enclosure issue, pull it apart and whack the drive in a PC.
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It's a internal
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1st October 2008, 15:37
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ah right.. whats it doing? have you ruled out cables and done a chkdsk etc?
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1st October 2008, 15:42
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Quote:
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ah right.. whats it doing? have you ruled out cables and done a chkdsk etc?
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Certainly have fella, I'm ruling it down to being fubar'ed.
I've noticed under heavy load, such as extracting a 360 game, it starts to really churn away to it's self.
Approx 2 years old, little disapointed, maybe I picked up a bad one.
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