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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:16:39 -0700, "Michael" wrote:
I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on. Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. Its rreally easy but it depends on who is doing it. If you dont know how to use a screw driver and have never taken the case off of a computer it might be hard but in general - anyone can do it fairly easily . The weird thing about PC stuff is prices wildly vary. In some ways if you just look for anything particular it may be hard to get a decent price at any point in time and really easy at another time. It depends on finding the right rebate sale. So you can literally see 40 meg HDs for $80 and the next week $20 after rebate and then 60-80 the next week at various spots. This distorts preceptions of pricing with some thinking stuff is expensive and other idiots always telling you "I can get that for $5 new ! " Sure go ahead. You have to get it onsale and sometimes that can take some hustling (going to the store early , or jumping on online sales) and going through the hassle of a rebate in which you pay far more upfront. Sure I can with a lot of hassle get lots of stuff super cheap but that doesnt mean anyones going to sell anything at anytime for $10 . If anyone expects people to sell things at lower than net rebate price - uh sell me something at that price. They can go stand in line, or stay up and track down online sales and then pay $120 for 40 after rebate item , taking on the risk and hassle and then sell it to me for $30. That said its definitely worth it to wait for a rebate sale and try going for one. 160 gig and 200 gig rebate sales on Seagate hard drives were going on at Compusa , Outpost.com for $49-59 after rebate. Thats dirt cheap. You have to jump on the really good deals though. Sometimes there will be similar deals in row like that and you get jaded then suddenly no deals for a while. You just never know. It was fairly pathetic over the summer but actually this is the best time after back to school (fake) sales taper off and the real sales start heading into the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Xmas season. Ive already seen an amazing turnaround in sales just the last month - stuff I havent seen for the last 6 months or longer in my region. http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4008242 .. Just ask online here for the exact procedure , its easy. They also come with instructions in the box and since its a second HD and you arent reinstalling everything on it - its makes that much easier. |
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Installing a second hard drive?
I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on.
Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. |
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"Michael" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on. Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. A 20 to 40gig hard drive is too small to store a LOT of music files. BUT before buying a 120 to 160gig HD make sure your motherboard BIOS can handle those larger sizes. |
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"Michael" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on. Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. It may be worth considering a music player such as an Ipod with a rather large hard drive |
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"Panos Popadopalous" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on. Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? No pretty easy (I did it). Basically you just plug it onto the same cable as your existing drive, with the jumper set to 'slave' and away you go. Mine is not even fixed to anything, it just lies in side the box. You will find web links if you need help. Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. A 20 to 40gig hard drive is too small to store a LOT of music files. Yes but quite a few, you get 200 mp3's to the giga byte so thats 4000 or 8000 tracks, or 800 CDS? (work out how long it would take you play 8000 tracks, X 5 mins ( about a month 24/7 )). BUT before buying a 120 to 160gig HD make sure your motherboard BIOS can handle those larger sizes. |
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terry smith wrote:
"Panos Popadopalous" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about installing a second hard drive to store music on. Is installing a second hard drive difficult to do? No pretty easy (I did it). Basically you just plug it onto the same cable as your existing drive, with the jumper set to 'slave' and away you go. Mine is not even fixed to anything, it just lies in side the box. You will find web links if you need help. Also, where are some online places to get hard drives really cheap? Since this will be the slave drive, I don't care how fast it is. I'm looking for cheap prices on 20 gigs to 40 gig hard drives. A 20 to 40gig hard drive is too small to store a LOT of music files. Yes but quite a few, you get 200 mp3's to the giga byte so thats 4000 or 8000 tracks, or 800 CDS? (work out how long it would take you play 8000 tracks, X 5 mins ( about a month 24/7 )). BUT before buying a 120 to 160gig HD make sure your motherboard BIOS can handle those larger sizes. Costco has the Maxtor 250Gb drive, with the Promise ATA controller card, for $149.00! |
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