[nfbcs] half price hard drives

[Gabe Vega]

it would be nice if you gave the url to the site where we can save money as well.
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On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Bryan Schulz wrote:

> hi,
> 
> This is not an attempt to brag how i saved $200 but an example of research combined with creative thinking. 
> 
> Similar to myself, you probably didn't realize how flooding in Thailand could cause hard drive prices to sky rocket 100-150% until you need to buy a new drive.
> A year ago, a 2 terabyte drive could be found for $80 and after the disaster left four feet of salt water in the western digital and other companies plants, the price is a minimum of $200 for the same drive.
> 
> I received two western digital my book essential external drives yesterday.
> I didn't mind ordering from an online site that mostly sells refirb and open box items because i read what i could on the net and figured out that inside the plastic case is a regular sata-2 hard drive just connected to a small circuit board and i planned on cracking the shell loose as i listened to people do the same on you tube.
> 
> I didn't care if the status said open box because all the customer reviews said the unit runs very hot in the plastic case and i plan to use the drives in the metal Patriot Valkyrie network storage box.
> 
> It was easy to crack, just like people described on you tube but not in blind friendly terms.
> i scuffed the edges of the plastic case when you have to jam a flat screwdriver into the crack and twist to pop the clips loose.  Then you slide the plastic u-shaped cover off that makes it look like a hard back book sitting on a bookshelf and the drive is free after being pushed from the plastic rectangle frame.
> The drive is completely free after six screws are removed and the frame with the circuit board is slid from the regular sata drive connectors.
> 
> The gamble paid off as i now have the two bare western digital 2 terabyte drives that will be slid into the Patriot Valkyrie network attached storage unit which allows data duplication, multi system file sharing and ftp access so i won't have to go to a cloud and wait for news reports of someone's cloud based files being hacked.
> 
> Happy modifying and maybe you can save 50% on a drive you need.
> 
> Bryan Schulz
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