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Zerocool Djx
May 8th, 2011, 08:15 PM
A 15GB IDE Hard Drive? Besides use it for a paper weight or skeet shooting, lol.. Swap Area?
CharlesA
May 8th, 2011, 08:17 PM
Backup drive.

Owait.. I'd say paper weight. :lolflag:
scouser73
May 8th, 2011, 08:20 PM
Use it as a door stop :p
TeoBigusGeekus
May 8th, 2011, 08:22 PM
Root partition.
The difference in speed with a sata one is overrated...
Zerocool Djx
May 8th, 2011, 08:27 PM
I got a 2TB External Hard drive for backup, no need for that...
szymon_g
May 8th, 2011, 08:35 PM
give it to charities/school/less fortunate people- even if you won't get much money /if any/, it is always worth to help others (community isn't only at ubuntuforums ;))
Zerocool Djx
May 8th, 2011, 08:42 PM
If I gave a less fortunate person a 15GB hard drive, wouldn't they be even less fortunate? LOL..
Lucradia
May 8th, 2011, 10:15 PM
Convert the IDE to SATA / PATA via conversion attachment, then get one of those plug/play things that sit on your desk where you can set internal HDDs vertically (two at a time)
nerdy_kid
May 8th, 2011, 10:18 PM
take it apart, and use the big fat magnets inside to hold up notes on my fridge :)
Zerocool Djx
May 9th, 2011, 02:36 AM
I was thinking about sending it to "Is it a good idea to microwave this?"
Zerocool Djx
May 9th, 2011, 02:37 AM
to late...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bUyp00RvTw

lol
Irihapeti
May 9th, 2011, 09:08 AM
I had a 20GB drive which I used for testing new releases. I guess that 15 GB would be plenty big enough for that, too.
Rasa1111
May 9th, 2011, 09:16 AM
make it into a keychain! :lol: lol

nah, I like the idea of using it just for testing new releases, most logical, least wasteful probably.
good idea Irihapeti!
Oxwivi
May 9th, 2011, 12:22 PM
Hey I need a HDD! My 80 GB became dysfunctional last year, and been using 10 GB ever since, but that too died on me a few days ago.
Retlol
May 9th, 2011, 02:46 PM
A 15GB IDE Hard Drive? Besides use it for a paper weight or skeet shooting, lol.. Swap Area?

Toss it in the bin.
Phrea
May 9th, 2011, 03:08 PM
Root partition.
The difference in speed with a sata one is overrated...

There is a noticeable difference.
But the real problem here is it's size. Small hdd's are a lot slower, due to the fact that the bits are spread out more, and of course older technology.

One fun thing to do with it is to open up the top, connect it to your computer, and read/write to the disk. Fun to see !
It won't last very long, a few minutes to maybe half an hour or so, but it's mesmerizing to look at.
After doing that, remove the magnets, they're rare earth, so very strong, and remove the platters, they make nifty little mirrors. You can also make a platter into a clock or so,