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  1. 03-09-2003, 12:58 PM #1
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    Cheapest Place To Buy A Hard Drive

    Hey Guys,
    Where is the cheapest and most reliable place to buy a hard drive from? I am getting very skeptical about my IBM hard drive that's in my computer right now and can not lose the data that is on it. Unfortunately, it would take way to long to backup all of the data on cd-rs because of the 40GB of critical information that is stored on this drive at the moment. Also, what size and brand would be the best for what I would use it for? This hard drive will mainly be for all of my music videos and mp3s and other critical information so it has to be very reliable. Thanks!
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  2. 03-09-2003, 01:06 PM #2
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    go maxtor
    i've got 2 maxtors myself, and my bro has 1
    mine:
    d740x 7200rpms 80gb (6l080j4) 2mb buffer
    diamond max plus 9 120gb (6y120p0) 8mb buffer

    bro:
    d740x 7200rpms 40g

    cheapest place: i guess for all you american people: www.newegg.com (me wanne buy from them too )
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  3. 03-09-2003, 03:30 PM #3
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    Check pricewatch.com, find a good price, then check resellerratings.com. I learned the last part recently. If your information is that critical, think about RAID 1.
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  4. 03-09-2003, 03:58 PM #4
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    Tiger had scsi drives for like $20 a few weeks ago. They were only 15gigs, but hey.. two of these on a scsi for $40 ought to rock!
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  6. 03-10-2003, 02:45 AM #5
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    CompUSA had a good deal on an 80MB 8mb cache drive for $69 after a $60 rebate. The office supply places have some good specials with rebates. places like newegg and googlegear have good prices every day. I like maxtor but wd and seagate are both fine products
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