It's been my experience that used HDDs aren't really worth the risk for the slight price reduction over a new drive.  I've picked up drives under 2GB for $5, and some have worked for a while.  You can get brand new 10GB drives for $60.

I've got a lightly used 5.6GB Maxtor I'll sell you for $25.

-David

alandd@mindspring.com wrote:

> A friend of mine wants to purchase a used hard drive.  Something in the 6-10 GB range.  It has been some time since I have shopped for such a thing.  I know of some used computer parts places out there but I wondered where some of you PLUGers go.
>
> Conversely, if someone has such an IDE hard drive laying around, what would it take for you to part with it?
>
> Alan
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