WTB: Laptop Computer Hard Drive

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• Enverex Worcester, UK Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  You may want to post your location. "Location: At the seaside on the seashore" is a little vague.

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• Thrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  South Africa.

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  Thanks for the heads up guys.
  Yes shipping is to SA.
  I am happy to pay the extra postage. If anyone has an old busted notebook lying around that may have a salvageable drive in it, pleeese lob it my way.
  It doesn't have to have a large storage capacity on it.

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• profdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  I have a spare laptop drive, which I think is about 30-40GB. Let me throw it on the test bench and make sure it's 100% A-OK.

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  wow sounds great Prof. I'm holding thumbs.....

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• profdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  Keep holding...
  
  I can't get the drive to be detected by either of the boards I've tried it with. I don't have a laptop to try it in, so I'm using one of those IDE adapters so I can hook it up to a 40-Pin connection.
  
  There's a chance that it's the adapter at fault, though I doubt it. I'm pretty sure that it's just a bum drive.

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  Damn I was so hoping...
  You won't believe how I've battled to find a used one locally. New drives are so expensive and the notebook is quite old. It's not financially viable to fit a new drive
  
  If theres anyone else out there that may be able to help me i would be extremely gratefull

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• shwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  I'm looking for one for my laptop. If I come across any deals (2 drives on ebay, or something), I'll let you know. Can you pm me (or post) what size you want and how much (USD would be better to know, but I can always convert) you'd want to pay (before shipping)?
  
  Another option, depending on how much a new drive costs where you are, is to have someone in the US buy it, and then ship it to you, if it's significantly cheaper.

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  I didn't think of e-bay. I have bought things on there before, but very few people ship to international, so my choices have been limited. The ppl who do ship internationally are usually also the biggest morons I've had to deal with, so my experiences haven't been the best
  
  I have sent you a PM, maybe we can come to some arrangement
  Cost is a factor so I will have to see what these things are going for first.

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• sgtwilliams Grand Rapids MI

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  Shwaip and Winga PMs sent I need to dig through the closet but I think I can accomodate both of you.

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  That sounds great sgtwilliams. I have sent you PM regarding my situation, postage and minimum requirements

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  September 2006 edited September 2006

  Sgtwilliams had a sweet offer, but is a bit out my price range.
  If anyone has an old drive....6 to 10 Gigs if fine and I can get it landed here for around $40 max (postage is about $15) i'm all ears ):

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• Winga Mr South Africa Icrontian

  October 2006 edited October 2006

  Thanks for all the offers and help!!
  I took shwaip's advice and sourced a drive on e-bay.
  It arrived today and I managed to get it here within budget.

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• profdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio

  October 2006 edited October 2006

  Glad to hear it, Winga.

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