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I was hoping to sell my netbook before Christmas but it looks like it's going to make a habit of destroying hard drives. This is now the second to fail in as many years and I don't even use it that much. I thought I could delay the problem by installing Linux and moving the partitions away from the front (where the damage most likely is) but it still throws errors every time I turn it on. I'm not about to ruin another drive on it just so it can work long enough to sell.
A working machine is the difference between selling it for >$100, and selling it for chump change. I was considering buying a cheap SSD but I may as well keep it if I'm going to spend money on it...
The other recourse is to sell the rest of my desktops, like I originally intended. This means I probably won't have spending money before Christmas, because they just don't move like they used to.-
$10 buys you a lot of gigs on USB key/stick (or even SDHC or uSDHC) these days. You could always install some *nix thing on one of those, then try to sell it, or else keep it as a spare/backup machine, or for travelling, reading ebooks in bed, etc. I have a Nintendo DS Lite that doesn't get much use, but it's nice to have sometimes. I probably wouldn't get much cash if I tried to sell it, even though it has an Acekard 2 with 16 GB uSDHC.
If you haven't already, search online for similar problems with that netbook. Maybe there's a simple fix. Maybe there's even a recall for some design flaw and you can get it repaired by manufacturer. - Show next comments 3 more
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