120GB SSD £22.99 on 7dayshop

rebeve · 02-08-2018 6:55pm

GBX wrote: »

Delays happen with many vendors. Not only that, when posted on the likes of HKUD and then here, orders increase. So they could be under pressure to get all the orders out. Have ordered from 7day before. No issues.

All fair points you make , but my problem is I bought the Kingston one , and they said they

put it in the post on 24/07/18 which I find very hard to believe .I couldn`t be dealing with companys like that .So I will be contacting paypal on Tuesday for a refund .

TerrorFirmer · 02-08-2018 7:11pm

rebeve wrote: »

All fair points you make , but my problem is I bought the Kingston one , and they said they

put it in the post on 24/07/18 which I find very hard to believe .I couldn`t be dealing with companys like that .So I will be contacting paypal on Tuesday for a refund .

I bought something from the UK that was dispatched 2 weeks ago and it only arrived today.

I find stuff using the UK postal service can be really slow the last while.

styron · 02-08-2018 7:29pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I bought something from the UK that was dispatched 2 weeks ago and it only arrived today.

I find stuff using the UK postal service can be really slow the last while.

My order from 23/7 has been split - received a couple of cheap card readers routed through Rotterdam today (real £ value on the CN22 docket ... bit of a shock, so used to China).

If the two drives come (together) the same way they're heading for customs.

rebeve · 02-08-2018 8:30pm

Maybe if they changed there name to 17dayshop .

Qwerty? · 03-08-2018 8:41pm

They are back in stock.

Esel · 04-08-2018 1:36am

Would this slot in to replace a 60 GB S.M.A.R.T 5,400 rpm drive in a Toshiba Satellite L20-173 laptop?

Edit: Laptop specs

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-l20-173/

gline · 04-08-2018 2:18am

Esel wrote: »

Would this slot in to replace a 60 GB S.M.A.R.T 5,400 rpm drive in a Toshiba Satellite L20-173 laptop?

Edit: Laptop specs

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-l20-173/

Yes it will fit

MarkR · 04-08-2018 8:02am

Ordered on the 23rd, nothing yet. I think AliExpress might have been quicker! ðŸ˜ Sent them an email to advise, no response yet.

styron · 04-08-2018 11:06am

Esel wrote: »

Would this slot in to replace a 60 GB S.M.A.R.T 5,400 rpm drive in a Toshiba Satellite L20-173 laptop?

Edit: Laptop specs

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-l20-173/

More likely the L20-173 takes this older PATA pinned driive:

The Crucial SSD compatibility checker (site just gone down for maintenance

) gives nothing for the 173 (ie. neither SSD or memory compatible) and only three of the L20 range have a SATA output taking SSD's.

Best to check the drive physically or run Belarc Adviser/AIDA etc to identify the drive model number and google image it.

gline · 04-08-2018 11:23am

styron wrote: »

More likely the L20-173 takes this older PATA pinned driive:

The Crucial SSD compatibility checker (site just gone down for maintenance ) gives nothing for the 173 (ie. neither SSD or memory compatible) and only three of the L20 range have a SATA output taking SSD's.

Best to check the drive physically or run Belarc Adviser/AIDA etc to identify the drive model number and google image it.

The maintence manual link

mentions
South Bridge
− ATI SB400 for Celeron-M Platform
With sata support.

But yeh, not sure if that specific model varient has a sata port

TerrorFirmer · 04-08-2018 1:52pm

Jeez, time for a new laptop I'd say! A €30 SSD would be worth more than the laptop itself. You would genuinely get a much faster laptop with sata for €50-60 that you could then install the SSD into.

NIMAN · 04-08-2018 1:56pm

Could anyone link me to a cheap USB enclosure which would suit these drives to turn it into an external HDD?

styron · 04-08-2018 2:42pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Could anyone link me to a cheap USB enclosure which would suit these drives to turn it into an external HDD?

3-4 week wait, nice design or transparent for even cheaper

You're better cloning the drive and switching over the mechanical drive for use as the external.

jamescd · 04-08-2018 4:45pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Could anyone link me to a cheap USB enclosure which would suit these drives to turn it into an external HDD?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORICO-External-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B01C6XOY64/ref=pd_sbs_147_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01C6XOY64&pd_rd_r=8ec0e8fa-97fc-11e8-b113-1bc47144cea3&pd_rd_w=7BQZz&pd_rd_wg=5WHPz&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=8942118608571450100&pf_rd_r=RYYR046P3GQ49NJ2EK7Q&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=RYYR046P3GQ49NJ2EK7Q

Bought the one above in December 2015 and still working nicely. Replaced my laptop with an SSD so put the old 1TB HDD in it.

CantGetNoSleep · 06-08-2018 7:09am

Anyone know if this would work in the HP 260 G1 (bought on here) - currently has a 32gb M2 that now won't load Windows 10 following updates?

DopeTech · 06-08-2018 7:18am

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Anyone know if this would work in the HP 260 G1 (bought on here) - currently has a 32gb M2 that now won't load Windows 10 following updates?

You'll need one of these aparently. Haven't got that pc myself.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ENVY-17-DW17-Hard-Drive-Cable-Flex-Connector-6017B0421601-6017B0421501-FR-SP-/282999949068?oid=301462756004

CantGetNoSleep · 06-08-2018 8:00am

Sir Dosser wrote: »

You'll need one of these aparently. Haven't got that pc myself.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ENVY-17-DW17-Hard-Drive-Cable-Flex-Connector-6017B0421601-6017B0421501-FR-SP-/282999949068?oid=301462756004

Thanks, I will give it a go

styron · 07-08-2018 10:09am

Arrived - Swiss "Accelerated Bulk Airmail" (ordered 23/7).

duridian · 07-08-2018 11:52am

styron wrote: »

Arrived - Swiss "Accelerated Bulk Airmail" (ordered 23/7).

Interesting. Did you order from 7dayshop?

Wondering because I ordered it from Amazon that same day, and when it dispatched last week got a message saying it was coming via Asendia, which apparently is a joint venture between Swiss & French postal services.

MarkR · 08-08-2018 7:32am

styron wrote: »

Arrived - Swiss "Accelerated Bulk Airmail" (ordered 23/7).

Me too.

Daniel S · 08-08-2018 10:39am

Got mine yesterday, made a nice difference to an 8 year old Macbook Pro!

sapphade · 08-08-2018 10:58am

MarkR wrote: »

Me too.

mine arrived this morning . They also said accelerated bulk mail

styron · 08-08-2018 11:09am

duridian wrote: »

Interesting. Did you order from 7dayshop?

Wondering because I ordered it from Amazon that same day, and when it dispatched last week got a message saying it was coming via Asendia, which apparently is a joint venture between Swiss & French postal services.

Yes, with 7dayshop's own CN22 - sent from Embrach (CH-8424) and unfranked.

duridian · 08-08-2018 3:14pm

The one I ordered from Amazon arrived today as well.

Priiority post from Asendia by La Poste & Swiss Post.

mrtom · 09-08-2018 12:05am

So, installed in pc, detected & assigned the letter "F". Clone to Macrium due.then plan to swap Sata cabels on Motherboard. At what point do I reassign SSD (boot) with the letter "C"?

ED E · 09-08-2018 12:07am

mrtom wrote: »

So, installed in pc, detected & assigned the letter "F". Clone to Macrium due.then plan to swap Sata cabels on Motherboard. At what point do I reassign SSD (boot) with the letter "C"?

You dont need to swap cables. Physical port and boot order aren't related.

The cloning should make them both a "C" drive in their own eyes but something else in each others. Enter the bios to swap the first boot device.

mrtom · 09-08-2018 12:14am

ED E wrote: »

You dont need to swap cables. Physical port and boot order aren't related.

The cloning should make them both a "C" drive in their own eyes but something else in each others. Enter the bios to swap the first boot device.

Got it, clear on bios/boot but " in their own eyes but something else in each others" needs chewing ! So clone (currently "F") will become "C" & current "C" wild auto select a letter?

T-Bird · 09-08-2018 8:05am

mrtom wrote: »

So, installed in pc, detected & assigned the letter "F". Clone to Macrium due.then plan to swap Sata cabels on Motherboard. At what point do I reassign SSD (boot) with the letter "C"?

Are you sure it's SATA and not IDE? Sata wouldn't fit. Are the ribbon data cables flat, or are a couple of wires twisted for drive designation?

ED E · 09-08-2018 11:09am

mrtom wrote: »

Got it, clear on bios/boot but " in their own eyes but something else in each others" needs chewing ! So clone (currently "F") will become "C" & current "C" wild auto select a letter?

The drive that is currently booted is always C:

Disk 1: Windows 8
Disk 2: Windows 10 (Just examples)

When Windows 8 is booted D1 is C:, when W10 is booted D2 is C: The mountpoints are fluid (Same way a USB key can be F: in one PC and E: in the next).

duridian · 09-08-2018 1:16pm

This happens because operating systems use environmental variables to determine mount points of things such as the root system, user folders, program folders etc., This applies to just about any operating system nowadays.

It allows much greater flexibility in the event that something major changes, compared to using absolute set in stone locations. e.g., A system running Windows XP might have a second hard drive installed by someone who wished to dual using Windows XP and Windows 7, so that they can switch back and forth according to their need.

So they would install Windows 7 to the second hard drive without erasing XP and it would result in a menu at boot time which would allow selection of the OS to boot.
Using variables allows this to adapt depending on which hard drive has the currently booted OS.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable

120GB SSD £22.99 on 7dayshop

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