--- hanasaki [email protected] wrote:
Anyone have an IDE drive they would be willing to part with? 5 - 20gig
EMail me back directly with logistics.
thanks
HyperTech computers at the mall at the corner of 87th & Farley in Lenexa fairly regularly has old 2GB-30GB drives they pulled out of older systems. Unlike the used computer stores they tend to price reasonably, anywhere from $8 for the 2GB drives to $25 for the 30GB drives.
If you really get desperate and need something quick, and HyperTech doesn't have any to spare, you can always go to the Computer Swap & Shop between Lamar and Nall on Johnson Drive in Merriam, KS. They'll charge you $15 for a 1GB drive, $20 for a 2GB drive, or $25 for a 3GB drive. Its a very high price for what you get, but its a drive under the motherboard limits for hard drives.
Also, MicroCenter at 93rd & Metcalf in Overland Park has some sub-64GB drives available. Last time I was there they had new and refurbished 20GB, 40GB, and 60GB drives for about $30, $50, and $65 respectively.
You can always go the third route I didn't mention last time, which is booting from a USB pendrive, if your motherboard supports booting from a USB device. If you can still find one, I'd bet that 16-32MB USB pendrives are probably down around $10 (saw a $40 256MB USB pendrive package which included a 16MB pendrive for free), and 16-32MB is more than enough for a /boot partition.
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