Looking for a Harddrive

[angelcat]

We are in the market for a 20 to 40 gig harddrive, that is reasonable on price. Can you help us?

[Uncle Bob]

I'm in San Diego, Ca. By watching the sales (small stores as well
as the big chain stores) I've seen prices of $30.00 up to ????
for HDD's in the size you mentioned.

[CERuppel]

C'mon guys. HELP!

We need to find a hard drive, for sale in a brick and mortor type store. This system needs to be ready for Babydingbats new best friend. Monday.

And just guess who they put in the bullseye???

SO help, please? (Or you may be putting me up for a few nights...)

[elroy]

This is what I have for sale in my post.
Maxtor 30gb 7200rpm HD, new in retail package - $45
Western Digital 40gb 5400rpm, refurb/RMA still sealed in bag from WD - $40
Maxtor 40gb, 5400rpm, used but under warranty - $40

My post: http://www.techimo.com/forum/t57821.html
I'm in Indiana so I'd be willing to ship one of these drives to Michigan for $6. If you Paypal the payment I can ship immediately.

[Atomic Rooster]

Try CompUSA. They have listed on the website:

20Gb 7200RPM ATA133 Maxtor for $69.99
30GB 7200RPM ATA100 Maxtor for $69.99
30GB 5400RPM ATA100 WD for $68.99
20GB 7200RPM ATA100 WD for $63.81

You'll have to check your local store for availablity.

[slinky]

i've got a Quantum 20GB 7200RPM Fireball Plus LM that u may be interested in.

it's used, (im using in this system) never had any problems, never been reformatted.

[CERuppel]

Thanx. I'll let you knowin the morning about the shipping vs local.

The ladies went and put me on the spot.

"He can fix anything". Then they tell me about the 2 gig hard drive. About the integrated mobo. The... You name it. This is aging me!!!

outpost.com has some 60 gig drives going for $50 after mir
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3647575

or they have a 30 gig for $30 after mir
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3435483
there's a few more online deals if your intrested in going with something like that

[angelcat]

Thanks for all the help guys, I think he may have come up with a solution, and may have gotten a new system in the process! lol

[CERuppel]

Sorry guys.

I have been down with the shacking uglies the last week, and just plain forgot to get back to all of you for all your help.

I got the system in question to boot yesterday a couple of times, long enough to see for myself what was going on.

The power supply (third rate, dollar store junk) (BTW: It's an old E-Machines) (Sticker says "Never Obsolete". That's because its dead before it gets old enough to be obsolete.)

Anyway, back to the power supply. It was sending thru spikes and surges and all sorts of words, which is where the damage to the MOBO (all in one, nothing else to damage) came from.

The hard drive seems to bedoing OK, will have better opinion of that later in the week. The best news is that the hard drive is a Maxtor 15 Gig, not a no name 2 gig (as I had been led to believe).

Anyway, assuming all goes well, and that the drives are re-usable, this weekend will see a bunch of us upgrading, and for less than any one of us! (Don't ask, I don't want to jinx the deal).

Again, I want to apologize for forgeting to get back to all of you with the answer when I promised.