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2.5" SATA HDD brands of choice:
Seagate
Hitachi
Western Digital
Fujitsu
Which one for a quick and dirty eBay s/h purchase?
wd
😯for a quick and dirty eBay s/h purchase?
seagate
None- get an SSD if you're not bothered about capacity.
Western Digital
Better still, there are some good SSD offers on at the mo:
Hitachi. (HGST)
You think Apple / Android holy wars are bad, ask a roomful of geeks for HDD recommendations.
we're talking 120Gb tops. To bang in a junky laptop.
Just want something that wont throw up crappy bad sector out in 6months time. SSD wont cut it.
Right WD it is then.
Not so junky laptop (OK its a netbook) for not much dosh
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/technology/computing/123177519_acer_aspire_one_d270_intel_atom_processor_n2600_1gb320gb_101_black_netbook.html?med=aff&esrc=cj&AID=1546795
WD would've been my second choice.
Somewhat reassured no-one said Fuji. There's hope for the forum yet.
Seagate. Never had one fail.
You're not trying hard enough.
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nice try geoff.
Im going to be spending £30 on an HDD 🙂
I'm just trying to get them sold out before I cave in and order one 8)
Be a waste of £179, Geoff.
not to mention I already own two acer aspire ones...
Be a waste of £179, Geoff.
That's what I keep telling myself - just waiting for my MacbookAir to self destruct again though 😡
Why would an ssd not cut it sorry?
price versus capacity for a vista OS build and that damned winxs file.
Know any 120Gb+ SSDs for less than £30?
(And not first gen too, as they are woeful for speed. Had to rip one out of my Acer and go back to HDD. Ran flashfire for a while but got unstable. Latest generation are better but still pricey)
Aside, WinSXS isn't as big as you think. It's hardlinked into the Windows directory itself, so its reported size includes files that are reported elsewhere in the Windows dir.
a hard link is as good as a file to a dead duck.
SSD ? SSA is where is at,
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