250 Gb HDD Now £59 @ Aldi

gatra_2

250 gb hdd from Aldi now only £59 I bought two put one in computer and one in my sky+ unfortunately they where £79 when I got mine.

They carry the Aldi name but are made by Western Digital.

So are a very good HDD.....

My Sky+ is working 100% very happy :j

deanos

Tempting for my Sky+., did you have to do anything before you put it in your Sky+ like low level format ?

And whats the noise like on the unit cant stand a noisy Sky+ box

herbal

What's the make of your Sky+ box? (Pace/Amstrad V1,V2 etc)

http://www.humvee.co.uk/disc-change-v2.htm

deanos

I know how to change it m8, just wanna know if the hard drive is noisy or not or if it needs formatting aas some just go straight in

herbal

I did'nt say you did'nt but added the link to show other people who don't know about all the Sky+ mod.

Lady_K

Is this an external hard drive and does it say western digital on it?

Also can it be used with windows 98 pc aswell as xp laptop?

Lady_K

Do Aldis take debit credit cards yet? some say they do some say they dont so not sure if to go get some money out before I go but I didnt really want to take it out unless they still had them in stock

Alias_Omega

Local Aldi has 3. Unsure if to go snap them up, and sell on eBay.

Dont know if i could ship them out, unsure as dont wanna tie £150 up in 3 things i dont need.

MyUserNamesTaken

Aldi does take debit cards. They don't take credit cards.

bigbadgoggs

Just added my new 250Gb ALDI HDD to my PC. I would normally have partitioned and then formatted the disk in DOS (takes ages and is fiddly).

I looked up the WesternDigital website and downloaded a utility that does it all from Windows.

It partitioned and formatted the drive in about 30seconds flat.
It also checks whether your PC is set to handle drives > 137GB and sorts it if not.
It also allows you transfer the whole of your existing main boot drive to the new drive.
All from within Windows!

A really handy wee utility.

web site:
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=3&swid=1

pick the following file ('Data Lifeguard Tools 11 for Windows' ) from the list, download and then run it in Windows - it will do the rest for you.

Apologies if this is old news - hope it helps someone.

BBG

gatra_2

Drive very quiet and yes you have to do a little work first before you can fit it here's the link:

http://www.humvee.co.uk/sky.htm