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On 7 Mar 2014 13:55, "Brad Rogers" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:27:55 +0000
> Jason Witcher <jaydoubleyou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Jason,
>
> >Bad news. The 320GB drive seems to have died at some point - I've tried
>
> Feck.....
>
> >it as a master and slave (boy, I'd forgotten the "joys" of fiddling
> >about with pins on the back of IDE drives) in two machines and it's
>
> I don't mind fiddling with pins, etc. but the eyes aren't what they used
> to be, and even with glasses, the print in the telephone directory seems
> to get smaller as I look at it. :-)
>
> >the PCs). Next best I've got is a 160GB but judging by your response to
> >Daniel that won't be suitable.
>
> You're right, it isn't big enough. Ah well....
>
> I was trying to avoid somebody chucking out a drive that could be put to
> use here. Just trying to do a wee bit of environment protection.
>
> In any case, thanks for giving the drive a check for me. At least now
> you know it's just a door stop.
>
I might have one or two available, not sure yet. I just discovered a box with a fair few older harddrives of varying capacities - quite likely there's a 320+ PATA in there somewhere.
Grant
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