Bookmem Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 When I first started in computers, a 10MB HDD had a 14" platter and cost $450 JUST TO SHIP!! (And that was 1970s dollars,) I just bought a 12 TB drive. Don't have any idea what I'm going to do with all that capacity. I don't download 4k movies and don't play highend games that eat up disc space. I do have a Karaoke and DJ music collect that take up a couple of TBs but I already have that backed up a couple of time. But what the hey, for $90 including tax and shipping, I just couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Well its not hard to fill up... I have 49tb total on my desktop and I have used about 40%. Where did you find one for so cheap as they usually got for about $300 or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 55 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Well its not hard to fill up... I have 49tb total on my desktop and I have used about 40%. Where did you find one for so cheap as they usually got for about $300 or so? eBay refurb. Something new on eBay where they certify the refurb. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abarbarian Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/26/2024 at 4:55 PM, Bookmem said: I just couldn't resist.   On 2/26/2024 at 6:41 PM, Bookmem said: eBay refurb. Something new on eBay where they certify the refurb.  That is a neat service offered by E-Bay as they give a 12 month guarantee with the products. I recently bought a couple of small ssd's through the scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 On 2/26/2024 at 11:43 AM, securitybreach said: Well its not hard to fill up... I have 49tb total on my desktop and I have used about 40%. Where did you find one for so cheap as they usually got for about $300 or so? Here is a link to the offer on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2cm Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 2/26/2024 at 10:55 AM, Bookmem said: When I first started in computers, a 10MB HDD Those days I had a 5MB drive that was a pain to install and configure. Never had enough wordstar, microstat and games files to use max capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 hours ago, b2cm said: Those days I had a 5MB drive that was a pain to install and configure. Never had enough wordstar, microstat and games files to use max capacity. I was lucky to get to use a PC with 2 floppy drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookmem Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 14 hours ago, b2cm said: Those days I had a 5MB drive that was a pain to install and configure. Never had enough wordstar, microstat and games files to use max capacity. My problem was compressing the data enough to run an entire accounting system for a Men's and Ladies clothing store on a 10mb drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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