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Western Digital 250GB HD £79.99!!
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Available at ALDI stores from 13th January, this is a steal!
Simply upgrade your existing computer, by following the clear installation instructions, with this fantastic Western Digital 250Gb internal hard disk drive. Ideal for those computer users who have ever-increasing amounts of information to store like digital photos and digital videos- Product comes complete with full telephone support
- Manufacturer's three year warranty
- Compatible with most computers
- 250 giga byte internal hard disc drive.
- 7200 rpm
- 2 MB Cache
- 80 GB per pallet for state-of-the-art area density
- Ultra ATA/100- for up to 100 MB/s transfer rates
- Fluid Dynamic Bearings for noise sensitive computing environments.
Actual page here
wouldnt touch western digital after mine packed up after 5 months....emailed western digital for a replacement (phoning them is a lost cause and expensive!).....and they havent even bothered to respond after 2 weeks!
best to stick with seagateStevie Coppell's record breaking blue and white royal army - championship winners 2005-60 -
How can you tell if your computer is compatible, ie:
i have been looking around my computer and
mb system model vt78363
bios version 6.00
processor 1100mhz
hdd 10g
windows xp pro
memory 128mb
would the aldi hard drive be alright for my computer0 -
just lob it in,
most drives have software available on the net to enable support anywatWhat goes around - comes around
give lots and you will always recieve lots0 -
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB 7200rpm 8mb Cache IDE-Ultra/133 OEM
this one from eBuyer is far better, although when you include VAT its £20 more, but if its quality you want! :-/0 -
the western digital from ebuyer costs £96.90 when you order incl shipping
there is really !!!!!! all difference between 2 meg cache and 8 meg cache on hard drives
GET THERE SOON, seems that they have a box of around 10-15 drives per store, no more, i got my two this morning (for me and my brother!)What goes around - comes around
give lots and you will always recieve lots0 -
DiamondMax Plus10 300Gb 16Mb Cache ATA133 Hard Disk Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm - OEM
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?MAX-P16300
£99.00 Ex VAT
£116.33 Inc VAT0 -
I got my 3 on thursday.... ;D ;D
plenty of HD space now....Signature what signature....0 -
Queued up at 8.30 and was second in the queue so had no problem getting mine...well apart from the woman on the till trying to pass me a DVD writer ::)
Would have bought two if the pennies had of been available, very happy with mine, 80 quid well spent!He huihuinga taangata he pukenga whakaaro – A meeting of people; a wellspring of ideas (Maori proverb)0 -
I got mine on friday, and put it into my Sky + box, seems to be working fine. I have two films recorded and 98% free space.
Nice one.If at first you don't succeed - destroy all evidence that you tried.0 -
I think I need one of these ! Cheers.0
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