final thread on this hard drive mess!

[Michael Havens]

I was wondering..... when I boot the computer with the dead drive with a
live CD the computer accesses the hard drive (at least the HD light comes
on). Why is this?

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hmmmm, not exactly what I'm looking for but...
>
> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Welland-Greenstar-3-5-v-ATA-HDD-Casing-WD3200JB-320gb-/170730570935?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item27c055c4b7I looked for half an hour (not counting what I've done already) The above
> is all I've found!
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was thinking of ot for a back up thing.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> None of them since I would not buy anything from Tiger Direct.  But
>>> beyond that you do not had USB 2 or esata on your machine so none of them
>>> will work decently without buying an adapter and even then using them on
>>> USB as your main drive would suck.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was thinking i would get a crasle (the correct term!) and just make a
>>>> collection of old ide drives.
>>>>
>>>> which do you think is better?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603&CatId=2785
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4199417&CatId=2785
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5605253&CatId=2785
>>>>
>>>> (found at: *http://tinyurl.com/7pbqxfc)*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for saying that . I was thinking the same thing but didn't want
>>>>> to say anything. Silly me!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That looks like it should work though I would probably go for one of
>>>>>> the refurbished unit for like $8 instead if the "new" one that was
>>>>>> manufactured 2-3 years ago for $60.  In fact, for $8 I might buy two "just
>>>>>> in case" since they are basically only warranted to work on arrival.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is this the right one to get?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST340014A-40GB-7200RPM-warranty/dp/B00020ITLU
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