I was talking to a guy from kijiji who said he had a few small ones suitable for setting up a Linux system.
If that's of interest, let me know and I'll look up his info. It didn't suit my needs, so I didn't follow up. A friend also pointed out some new 80gig drives he saw online for $70, if a larger driver would be better (or you want better reliability). On Feb 10, 2014 11:14 PM, "R Rodd" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a laptop that hasn't been used in 5-6 years since it failed to boot > one day. Tonight I took the drive out, hooked it up to an IDE->USB > adapter, and have determined that the drive is faulty as suspected (yes, my > to-do list of chores around the house is that long .. and longer). > > As the kids are getting to the age where having a homework and edutainment > system would be useful I would like to find a drive for it. I'm certainly > not picky about speed or storage size for this system. If someone has such > a drive (2.5" IDE) resting in a drawer in their home-office or workshop the > kids and I would be grateful for an organ transplant. > > With thanks, > - Richard > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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