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Empty 300gb HDD by Jimbo on 07-20-2008 at 12:05 PM

Ive got an empty 300GB HDD installed in my computer now (long story) and well im not using it for anything. I was wondering if i should install another OS or something onto it. what do you guys suggest because i dont see the point of having an empty HDD. Btw, i currently have vista on my other 300gb HDD which still has over 180GB free

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by Th3rmal on 07-20-2008 at 12:13 PM

put linux onto it, or experiment with virtual os's

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by joey on 07-20-2008 at 12:13 PM

i can garantee someone will say ubuntu, if i didnt make this post. :P

i like SuSE a lot though, you could try that.

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by ShawnZ on 07-20-2008 at 12:17 PM

why not use it for music, or torrents, or something? :p

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by joey on 07-20-2008 at 12:24 PM

actually, why not sell it?

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by Jimbo on 07-20-2008 at 12:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
why not use it for music, or torrents, or something? :p
Dont need that much space. I store most my music on my external 500GB hdd anyway.
quote:
Originally posted by icd*
actually, why not sell it?
I would have no idea how to take it out of my computer:P

I've never dual boooted or anything before so i would have no idea how to install another OS onto it. IS it hard and how long does it take?
RE: Empty 300gb HDD by ShawnZ on 07-20-2008 at 12:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jimbo
I store most my music on my external 500GB hdd anyway.

why? externals are slower, and can't be left on all the time :p
RE: Empty 300gb HDD by mattisdada on 07-20-2008 at 01:03 PM

Dual booting is easy as. Install the OS you want, and there ya go, dual booted:P

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by Quantum on 07-20-2008 at 10:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Jimbo
I store most my music on my external 500GB hdd anyway.

why? externals are slower, and can't be left on all the time :p

externals are more portable i suppose :P
RE: Empty 300gb HDD by Menthix on 07-20-2008 at 11:40 PM

If you don't need the space and don't expect to need in in the future... see if you can make someone else happy with it :).

Taking it out shouldn't be too hard, just a matter of opening the case, disconnecting the wires and unscrewing/detaching the harddisk. Just be careful and don't touch any other components.

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by djdannyp on 07-21-2008 at 12:38 AM

Or you could install something like Microsoft SyncToy and use it as a back-up drive for all your important stuff from your HD & External HD.

I recently came VERY close to losing a whole HD and a whole External HD which were both full of stuff and so when I got my new computer I've got a hard-drive exclusively for back-up which gets updated automatically on a daily basis without me needing to do anything.

Backing up always seems like a waste of time and effort and hard-drive space......but if you'd come as close as I had to losing stuff, or had in fact lost stuff, then you'd seriously consider it

Just my opinion tho

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by vaccination on 07-21-2008 at 06:39 AM

I'll have it.

RE: Empty 300gb HDD by Curtis on 07-21-2008 at 06:42 AM

Can I have it please?

I've been needing a new harddrive.

Stuck with a shitty 120gb right now.