2.5" SATA Hard-Drive

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:10

My nephew has battered our his PS3 by turning it off at the plug in a huff when he got beat off someone on the internet and its burnt out the hard drive. Im not arsed about size although the original 40gb would be the lowest I'd want to go but its the cheapest with a reliable make Im after.

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Have you tried plugging it in to your PC to see if it can be rescued?

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:16

Only got a laptop with minimal connections, Im a bit scared to take one of the hard drives from this incase it all goes tits up.

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Runcle wrote:

Only got a laptop with minimal connections, Im a bit scared to take one of the hard drives from this incase it all goes tits up.

Ah. It's still just a standard SATA connector on the drive, so any SATA capable desktop will accept it without modifcations...there must be one somewhere you can use to check it out.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:25

Is the little nephew git paying for the replacement out of his pocket money? I should bloody hope so.

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:27

dont know but I'm sure he'll have some christmas money to spend on it, thats why Im looking for the cheapest price.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:29

No no no, you're doing it wrong. How is he supposed to learn his lesson? Get the most expensive one.

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Dimrill wrote:

No no no, you're doing it wrong. How is he supposed to learn his lesson? Take his PS3 to repair, claim he broke it and sell it.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 20:32

Yeah! And glue his eyelids shut while he's asleep!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Dimrill wrote:

Yeah! And glue his eyelids open while making him watch trout lady in the bathroom with a spoon!

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 21:25

So yeah I really want a go on LBP so whats the cheapest, theres one for 30-odd on ebuyer but dont you have to pay postage with them?

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

If it's in warranty I'd return the machine, turning it off at the plug should in no way break anything.

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 21:28

even if the hard drive was in the middle of doing something?

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Runcle wrote:

So yeah I really want a go on LBP so whats the cheapest, theres one for 30-odd on ebuyer but dont you have to pay postage with them?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120-GB-S ... ache-12-ms

£30 seems about right. Samsung Spinpoints are very reliable in my experiance.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Runcle wrote:

even if the hard drive was in the middle of doing something?

Yes. It'll not finish writing what it was writing obviously but it certainly shouldn't cause any kind of hardware destroying power surge.

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Dudley wrote:

Runcle wrote:

even if the hard drive was in the middle of doing something?

Yes. It'll not finish writing what it was writing obviously but it certainly shouldn't cause any kind of hardware destroying power surge.

Possible the head could have touched the platter though. Which is why I'd slap it in a PC and run SpinRite over it.

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