I just bought three hard drives for £21

fidget · 27 Nov 2011 at 19:28

I fancy boys said:
If they are IDE they wont use S.M.A.R.T protection, and its very likely they have bad sectors/will develop them soon.

Erm - you may find S.M.A.R.T. pre-dates sata just a tad

Jay1701 · 27 Nov 2011 at 19:32

the 250GB:
250 GB Formatted Capacity Per Disk 7200 RPM
-Ultra ATA 133 compatible (Default : UDMA 100 Mode 5)
-Fluid Dynamic Bearing Spindle Motor Technology
-High Speed Dual Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Basedrchitecture
-ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant
-ATA Security Mode Feature Set
-ATA Host Protected Area Feature Set
-ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature Set
-ATA 48-bit Address Feature Set
-ATA Streaming Feature Set
-ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature Set
-NoiseGuard™
-SilentSeek™

120GB one:
Form Factor3.5" x 1/3H
Capacity120 GB
Interface TypeATA-133
Buffer Size2 MB
FeaturesFluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor,
Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology,
NoiseGuard,
SilentSeek technology
Compliant StandardsS.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate133 MBps
Internal Data Rate92.6 MBps
Seek Time8.9 ms (average) / 18 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time0.8 ms
Average Latency4.17 ms
Spindle Speed 7200 RPM

Can't get any info on the 160GB, he probs misspelled the model numbers.
He says that they haven't got any bad sectors e.t.c
I could probably sell them separate, I've seen the 120GB one sell for a tenner on ebay.

and dimple, I don't get it?

SexyGreyFox · 27 Nov 2011 at 20:01

Jay1701 said:
and dimple, I don't get it?

They are £200 now after the interest, very rare so be quick if you want them.

HAz · 27 Nov 2011 at 20:14

u thicko LOL

Kennysevenfold · 27 Nov 2011 at 20:16

Jay1701 said:
I also have an Acer with a 160GB Sata so I'll take it out, put the 160GB IDE in and not mention it when selling.

I do hope you are kidding on.
If not, you are a toss pot.

J.B · 27 Nov 2011 at 22:07

Jay1701 said:
Exactly. in a few months time hard drives will cost Thousands of pounds, I shall be laughing all the way to the bank.

That is sig worthy :eek:

kingy666 · 27 Nov 2011 at 23:57

Why not just swap them for a fake Burberry cap.

Lunawolfy · 28 Nov 2011 at 00:17

Jay1701 said:
Exactly. in a few months time hard drives will cost Thousands of pounds, I shall be laughing all the way to the bank.

lolBritbo.... Oh wait!

1) Buy terrible drives and wait for worlds HDD production to cease
2) Wait for uncanny numbers of HDD failures all over country
3) Put drives on fleebay
4) ?????
5) Profit?

Totality · 28 Nov 2011 at 00:19

The first thing I thought when I saw the OP was that it was britboy posting. Then I noticed the username wasn't him. Then I noticed its a new account from last month. There was another member who was banned who used to ask stupid hardware questions? I reckon the Op is a returning banned member. Tefal, we need you!

I_M_Weasel · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:07

What are you really going to use such small drives for? They're cheap but still a waste of money, isn't there anyone you know thats got a spare drive of a more usable size?

Scythe · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:22

Jay1701 said:
Exactly. in a few months time hard drives will cost Thousands of pounds, I shall be laughing all the way to the bank.

1. It won't get that bad.
2. The drives you bought aren't a decent size.
3. You bought outdated IDE drives, most modern motherboards don't support IDE (but do with an adapter).
4. IDE is outdated and slow
5. The drives are that old they're probably close to dying.

BARGAIN.

Aleksandrs · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:24

I can imagine you now. Sweaty palms and weak at the knees fumbling around your wallet to muster up your hard earned cash, trying to make sense of the absolute stonker of a deal being laid before you, thinking this must be a once in a lifetime opportunity for such a great deal. "Oh wow I can't wait to tell all my chums on the internet about the super sweet deal I got on these hard drives! I'll be the envy of everyone!"

Good job!

Lunawolfy · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:33

Aleksandrs said:
I can imagine you now. Sweaty palms and weak at the knees fumbling around your wallet to muster up your hard earned cash, trying to make sense of the absolute stonker of a deal being laid before you, thinking this must be a once in a lifetime opportunity for such a great deal. "Oh wow I can't wait to tell all my chums on the internet about the super sweet deal I got on these hard drives! I'll be the envy of everyone!"

Good job!

This.

Davefran · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:46

This thread would have been really cool.............10 YEARS ago

IRLeetly · 28 Nov 2011 at 10:53

Dimple said:
I also have a long lost relative in Nigeria who wants to talk to you

Also has he won the lottery of Barcelona and needs cash to collect his ticket?

mrk · 28 Nov 2011 at 11:51

I just laughed at the opp, not with him.

NinetyOne · 28 Nov 2011 at 12:26

Wanna swap? Once in a lifetime opportunity right here!

SexyGreyFox · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:11

I_M_Weasel said:
What are you really going to use such small drives for? They're cheap but still a waste of money, isn't there anyone you know thats got a spare drive of a more usable size?

The last 50+ computers that I've had in for repair/upgrade have used hardly any space at all.
The most I've seen on any of those computers was 30 gig and that was my sisters.
Normal users use very little drive space.

I on the other have 5TB and running out.

Curunen · 28 Nov 2011 at 18:23

Hades said:
You can get PATA to SATA adapters so uit's quite easy to use them even if you don't have an IDE port on your motherboard. But thatnls for the heads up on your honesty as I'll never buy anything from you when you get access o the mm on this forum.

LOL.

Noted.