Biggest 2.5" HD(s) for $20 or less each

Enverex

I am looking for the biggest 2.5" hard-drives I can get (new or second hand) for $20 or less each, must be at least a Gig each though.

Cheers,
NS

GHoosdum

You look for some obscure stuff, you know? Small stuff, anyway... 2.5" HDD's and mini-PCI? Whew. But I won't give up that easy...

danball1976

Closest thing to that are the Microdrives that can fit into the PCMCIA slots.

Enverex

Er...... good for them, but Microdrives arn't going to fit in my 2.5" external drive bay or my Amiga.......

You are also thinking of PCMCIA ATA cards rather than Microdrives, Microdrives are Type II compact flash media (but they are actually drives as opposed to solid state ATA CF type 1 cards).

NS

Geeky1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3434978239&category=177

Geeky1

Here's one that looks like a steal, ends soon too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757721120&category=168

GHoosdum

Geeky1 said
Here's one that looks like a steal, ends soon too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757721120&category=168

Hmm... low-level format, anyone?

Enverex

Top deal looks crap, but the second one looks awesome. Cheers geeky.

Still need another one, but it needs to be at least 2GB but below 4.5GB.

NS

Geeky1

Some possibilities:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757610341&category=168

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3435121172&category=3715

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757261321&category=168
5 available there... might be a good deal

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2755870353&category=168

Enverex

GHoosdum said

Geeky1 said
Here's one that looks like a steal, ends soon too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757721120&category=168

Hmm... low-level format, anyone?

Oh god no (I have been through many discussions and threads about trying to low level format on an external drive)........

It's not possible unless you cant directly interface with the drive, which wont be possible.

NS

GHoosdum

Hmm... then how will you get rid of the password?

Geeky1

gah! then that won't work very well...

Enverex

I believe this is all sorted now thanks to Geeky.
Unless all the Auctions fall though (which I hope not).

Cheers all,
NS

danball1976

Geeky1 said
Here's one that looks like a steal, ends soon too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2757721120&category=168

What is the point of buying a piece of hardware you can't use or get to work?

Geeky1

Danball, you ever heard of a low-level format?

Enverex

A low level wouldn't work as it is basiclly initiated from the BIOS onboard the drive which then does what it does, but effectively clearing its own BIOS settings (like password) isn't one of them. There is a chance that it could, but if you think about it, the info is stored on the drive itself, while the drives settings are stored on it's own Mini-BIOS.

NS