*Hot* - Maxtor 120GB 5400RPM External @ Staples: $97.50, $77.50 AR, possibly less

[metapy]

You should all check these w/ Partition Magic or other partition utility. Mine had a formatted capacity of 111 Gigs when I got it, but there was almost 3 gigs of unpartitioned space, so I expanded the partition in Partition Magic and VIOLA 114 Gigs of free space. SO check these for a little extra room

 

[Jack159]

Originally posted by: metapy
You should all check these w/ Partition Magic or other partition utility. Mine had a formatted capacity of 111 Gigs when I got it, but there was almost 3 gigs of unpartitioned space, so I expanded the partition in Partition Magic and VIOLA 114 Gigs of free space. SO check these for a little extra room

Nice

 

[Iceyburnz]

Originally posted by: lsman

Originally posted by: topdog
all of NYC , north jersey and lower Conn. are out......

I got the last one from west orange, NJ

So that was YOU that got that one b4 me ..... Grrrrrr

Went to a store in Jersey City and had a manager look them up in the system. He found that the Staten Island store had 2 in stock and they actually had them. So i drove over there and got both the drives..... THen I saw the PNY 128 Mb 2100 DDR RAm that I knew was $20.

[me]- can u scan that ram and tell me how much it is?
[guy] - this is the lowest price its been, I just lowered it the other day
[me] - can u scan it for me anyway?
[guy] - Im telling you, this is the lowest its been
[me] - well my friend got a stick from another store and he said he only paid like 20 or 30
[guy] - alright Ill check, but im telling u this is the lowest its been
[guy scans it in and has a suprised look on his face]
[guy] - Well, I guess I was wrong
[me] - its ok, Can i have both sticks??

hahhahahahahahahaa

The drives said Clearance so I was surprised no one had taken them yet. This happened on the 5th around 6-7 p.m.

I havent had a chance to use them yet but i have to make sure I send in my rebate soon.

Woot!!!

 

[Jack159]

I thought that ram deal ended last Saturday?

Glad you got your drives, as thats a bit of a trip, to Staten Island...

Jack

Originally posted by: Iceyburnz

Originally posted by: lsman

Originally posted by: topdog
all of NYC , north jersey and lower Conn. are out......

I got the last one from west orange, NJ

So that was YOU that got that one b4 me ..... Grrrrrr

Went to a store in Jersey City and had a manager look them up in the system. He found that the Staten Island store had 2 in stock and they actually had them. So i drove over there and got both the drives..... THen I saw the PNY 128 Mb 2100 DDR RAm that I knew was $20.

[me]- can u scan that ram and tell me how much it is?
[guy] - this is the lowest price its been, I just lowered it the other day
[me] - can u scan it for me anyway?
[guy] - Im telling you, this is the lowest its been
[me] - well my friend got a stick from another store and he said he only paid like 20 or 30
[guy] - alright Ill check, but im telling u this is the lowest its been
[guy scans it in and has a suprised look on his face]
[guy] - Well, I guess I was wrong
[me] - its ok, Can i have both sticks??

hahhahahahahahahaa

The drives said Clearance so I was surprised no one had taken them yet. This happened on the 5th around 6-7 p.m.

I havent had a chance to use them yet but i have to make sure I send in my rebate soon.

Woot!!!

 

[c627627]

Originally posted by: azoomee
Is there a big difference between 5400 and 7200????

Yes, well, price always convinced me to go with 5400 ($49 for 60GB at Best Buy - Thanksgiving 2001).
I recently got my first 7200RPM drive and measured the difference:
Reinstalling a 1.5 GB compressed drive image file takes 13 minutes @7200RPM and 17 minutes @5400RPM. Do the math.

 

[Jack159]

Originally posted by: c627627

Originally posted by: azoomee
Is there a big difference between 5400 and 7200????

Yes, well, price always convinced me to go with 5400 ($49 for 60GB at Best Buy - Thanksgiving 2001).
I recently got my first 7200RPM drive and measured the difference:
Reinstalling a 1.5 GB compressed drive image file takes 13 minutes @7200RPM and 17 minutes @5400RPM. Do the math.

Yeah, but 4 minutes difference for the price just doesnt seem all that worth it

jack159

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Who still compresses their drives? @120GB that's almost stupid

 

[lsman]

Originally posted by: Iceyburnz

Originally posted by: lsman

Originally posted by: topdog
all of NYC , north jersey and lower Conn. are out......

I got the last one from west orange, NJ

So that was YOU that got that one b4 me ..... Grrrrrr

Went to a store in Jersey City and had a manager look them up in the system. He found that the Staten Island store had 2 in stock and they actually had them. So i drove over there and got both the drives..... THen I saw the PNY 128 Mb 2100 DDR RAm that I knew was $20.

[me]- can u scan that ram and tell me how much it is?
[guy] - this is the lowest price its been, I just lowered it the other day
[me] - can u scan it for me anyway?
[guy] - Im telling you, this is the lowest its been
[me] - well my friend got a stick from another store and he said he only paid like 20 or 30
[guy] - alright Ill check, but im telling u this is the lowest its been
[guy scans it in and has a suprised look on his face]
[guy] - Well, I guess I was wrong
[me] - its ok, Can i have both sticks??

hahhahahahahahahaa

The drives said Clearance so I was surprised no one had taken them yet. This happened on the 5th around 6-7 p.m.

I havent had a chance to use them yet but i have to make sure I send in my rebate soon.

Woot!!!

glad you have 2. can they just ship these to you? save the drive?

 

[MuffD]

Fry's has a 120gb drive on sale for like 249 or something with a rebate. Don't know what speed though.

 

[exisle]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Who still compresses their drives? @120GB that's almost stupid

he's probably not refering to a compressed drive, but a compressed image file.. like norton ghost with a windows install that is compressed

 

[markgm]

Anyone have the full drive or just the enclosure that they would like to sell? Send me a PM if so. Was able to only get my hands on one of these drives.

 

[chi30]

Thsi is my first time using a external harddrive. I plugged this baby into my computer w/ XP pro sp1. System found it immediately and install the drivers. But I could find the drive in "My computer". Do I need to install other software or do other setting??

Please advise.
Thanks a lot!

 

[c627627]

Originally posted by RagingBITCH: Who still compresses their drives? @120GB that's almost stupid

Dear ig'nant Raging Bitch,

Powerquest Drive Image 2002 (prettier interface) or Norton Ghost are the single most important pieces of software. They use a start up floppy to backup your entire hard drive to multiple CDRs. This is particularly useful if you partition your hard drive (Powerquest Partition Magic is excellent for this) first, then install your operating system onto C drive and then all large Apps on other drives. You than backup the C drive which contains Windows (+maybe a few other small programs).

Every few months, after Windows breaks down or starts giving you errors, you replace your C drive with backed up version of it, and things are just as they used to be when you backed them up first. I also keep a txt file where I write changes and tweaks I made to the original installation, that way, when I reinstall from backup, I make those changes, than save on CDR's again and so on every few months.

Originally, it took me days to reinstall Windows and get things back the way I like them. It now takes minutes with the help of Drive Image 2002 or Norton Ghost. Now just make sure you change location of Favorites, Desktop and Start Menu, (CUT and PASTE from C:\Windows will do) since they require more frequent backup, so if you have them on another drive, restoring C drive would not replace them.

Every setting in every application is just the way you first set it. (Every menu size, every font size, every icon.) Registry backup is no substitute for organized quick C Drive backup/restore.

I defragment my drives and use ScanDisk but nothing makes my PC go faster then when I restore from a backup made just after I first setup things the way I prefer.

exisle was right, I was referring to how long it takes for a Drive Image file located on a 7200RPM partition to be restored to another 7200RPM partition.

Originally posted by Jack159: Yeah, but 4 minutes difference for the price just doesnt seem all that worth it

That's why it took me so long to get a 7200 RPM. (Couple months back: CompUsa-Microcenter price match 120 GB 7200RPM 8MB buffer $49.99)
You did the math right. Bottom line, I agree look at the price vs. GBs real hard but 7200 does make a difference if you can find a half-way decent deal for it. Regular price is not worth it IMHO, but keep coming back here and sooner or later...

 

[Jack159]

Yes, all I'm saying is if there is a BIG price differential, the 4 minutes time doesnt make that much of a big savings... Like cdrw drives anything over 16x is just overkill....


Jack

 

[TheGoodDoc]

Quick question about this drive, how much faster will it be for data transfer using the usb 2.0 vs using usb 1.1? Thanks in advance.

TGD

 

[metapy]

USB 2.0 benchmarks at 25 MB/sec and USB 1 tops out about 1.25 MB/sec so it will be about 20 times faster.

 

[nealh]

Anyone place a 7200 rpm drive in the enclosure and have overheating or other problems???

Thanks

 

[chi30]

Hi Nealh,

I just plugged a $30GB 7200 drive into this enclosure.
The drive is a little bit warm but i think it's okay. Or you may dig two holes on the enclosure and put two mini fans on it.
Don't know if the power is engough for two extra fans though.

 

[gcdzs99]

It's 61884 and it depends on the store you go. So definitely YMMV

Originally posted by: r0ck
very nice deal....but how and where do you find the $30 off $100 coupon???

 

[jasonja]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Who still compresses their drives? @120GB that's almost stupid

Um.. I do. I use the NTFS compression built into WinXP for my Firewire 160gb drive. What do I care about the speed? I just checked the properties and it's getting me about 12% more disk space for free.... so that's about an extra 20gb for free. Seems almost stupid not to use the compression if you are using the disc solely for storage and not speed critical things.

 

[TheGoodDoc]

Anyone know of a good and inexpensive usb 2.0 card to put together with this drive? Thanks in advance.

TGD

 

[Tri]

Check out the IOGear USB2.0 2-port card from Buy.com. Its 9.99 after $10 MIR. Works just fine.

 

[paths]

can someone email me the maxtor rebate pdf? Its no longer on Maxtors site and I think it was still valid.... I actually thought there was two rebates going on this thing but I am most likely wrong... anyone?