Anyone got a cheap USB HDD

fbm211

Id like to get a cheap USB outboard hard drive to back up files to do a frech XP install.a 100+ gig would do the trick.Anyone want to sell one before I go out a buy one.?

Echosphere

Just buy this one of these and avoid getting an old junker with nasty stuff on it (or is that what you were looking ?):


HITACHI XL Desk 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive HXSDNB5001BBB (0S02483)
$70 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145324

HITACHI X Mobile 250GB USB 2.0 Black External Hard Drive HXSMNA2501ABB (0S02528) $50 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145321

Btw, NewEgg Rocks!!!

bobman1235

I bought one of these a while back and just threw my own drive in it. It's an awesome little enclosure - full support for PATA and SATA drives over USB 2.0.

http://www.amazon.com/Acomdata-Samba-3-5-Inch-Enclosure-SMBXXXU2E-BLK/dp/B000VNJD18

Echosphere

bobman1235 wrote: »

I bought one of these a while back and just threw my own drive in it. It's an awesome little enclosure - full support for PATA and SATA drives over USB 2.0.

http://www.amazon.com/Acomdata-Samba-3-5-Inch-Enclosure-SMBXXXU2E-BLK/dp/B000VNJD18

Looks very Chronicles of Riddick style. Cool.

fafner

fbm211 wrote: »

Id like to get a cheap USB outboard hard drive to back up files to do a frech XP install.a 100+ gig would do the trick.Anyone want to sell one before I go out a buy one.?

Just buy the cheapest hard drive you can find. You don't need an external exclosure for this purpose. Just hook it and let it lay outside the case. Maybe you can even borrow one from a friend.

fafner