So recently I opened up my laptop's hard drive enclosure thinking I'd put in this spare 1tb sata drive I had, only to realise that unfortunately my laptop's so old it takes ide.
I've looked around on ebay and some of the online computer shops that I know about and they either try to charge exorbitant amount for small space or don't have any at all.
My laptop currently has 160Gb drive so anything above that would be good.
Thanks in advance.
The first one at $79 is actually sata
and they're all 3.5" drives he needs a 2.5"
woops true
never know they still made 320GB IDE 3.5", considering IDE is old and 320GB is not that much now(as the same with 1GB USB)
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=320GB+IDE+2…
I was actually hoping for something cheaper than the prices quoted on staticIce. If anyone can find it cheaper please let me know. Otherwise I think I'm just going to reconsider it.
Thanks for taking the time to reply issh.
im guessing 320GB will be sufficient
i wouldn't mind buying off ebay as most will be genuine/usable
and also you can use the 160 GB IDE drive and connect it up to a hard drive enclosure(make sure its IDE) and have a spare 160GB HD
Remember you have a old laptop and therefore it is IDE, and IDE is more expensive than SATA
320GB(eBay)—>$135
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Western-Digital-WD-320GB-2-5-IDE-Hard…
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Western-Digital-WD-320GB-2-5-IDE-Hard…
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Western-Digital-WD-320GB-2-5-IDE-Hard…
Shops—> Starts @ $79 exc. shipping
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=320GB+IDE&s…