You could always buy a case for it and use it as external storage.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Matthew Nuzum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org">newz@bearfruit.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I bought a new-to-me laptop without a hard drive so went to newegg and<br>
ordered a drive. However the laptop takes the small 1.8" hard drive<br>
and I assumed it took the normal 2.5" drive. Therefore I have a new,<br>
unopened, oem-packaged 250GB IDE/PATA hard drive. I have an RMA to<br>
return it to newegg but they charge 15% restocking and I'd have to pay<br>
for shipping.<br>
<br>
I thought I'd send a quick note to try and cut my losses. I paid $80 +<br>
about $10 shipping a couple days ago. If someone wants it for $75 then<br>
I think it would be a win-win situation. Don't reply-all, instead send<br>
to me off-list and we'll arrange to make the swap. I will give you the<br>
receipt in case you ever need to get warranty replacement.<br>
<br>
The drive is a western digital scorpio ATA-6 250GB 8MB cache with 12ms<br>
average seek time and 5,400 rpm spindle speed. I've bought another one<br>
recently for a different computer and it's really a great drive. Very<br>
fast and quiet and interestingly enough uses only 550ma of current,<br>
which makes it far more power efficient than many common drives<br>
(another laptop hdd on my desk, toshiba 40GB, uses 1,000ma) so you may<br>
actually get better battery life by upgrading.<br>
<br>
I'll be out and around tomorrow running errands, probably on the west<br>
side, so if you want it I could possibly meet you somewhere.<br>
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--<br>
Matthew Nuzum<br>
newz2000 on freenode<br>
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