[rescue] Useful stuff for small spaces

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Wed May 14 06:00:05 CDT 2008


Nadine Miller wrote:
> Very nice for a teeny-tiny disk-based backup system like Time Machine or 
> similar.
> 
> But, 320GB 2.5" SATA are still $140; Seagate 500GB 3.5" SATA's are on at 
> Newegg for $80 at the moment.  It's a quandary.

Of course, for boot disks I don't need 320GB.  And NewEgg has Hitachi 
40GB 2.5" for about $40ea.

Then again, at the moment I have an 80GB 7200rpm PATA disk sitting here 
that's effectively free ... so there is still a quandary.


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