Jonathan’s Universe

Hi.

So uh.. I’ve been downloading media on my laptop since I’ve had it. Well, over time it’s taking up space on my pathetic 140-or-so GB laptop harddrive.

So, I had an idea.. my employer is getting rid of computers that are many years old (asset tags start with 17,  I think we’re issuing asset tags that start with 26 now). Since they are throwing them away, why not take the harrdrives out and put them to use?

So after a few minutes and 4 computers, I end up with:
Four IDE harddrives of different brands (Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate) and different sizes. The total size is  200 GB. Of course, these hard drives came out of discarded computers that have been thrown around from shelf-to-shelf, room-to-room, so there’s a possibility that some/all of them might not even work. Just now, I got some more harddrives that were sitting out in a discard box. These are even more likely to be broken, but it’s a possibility at free harddrive space, so why not? One of the harddrives I just grabbed is a SATA HDD, while the rest so far are IDE. I gotta make sure I note this

I’ve bought a single external harddrive from newegg that I’m going to use on the largest IDE drive. Then as I start consume more space, I’ll buy a new external and slowly fill up the drives. Then I’ll name or number them so I can make an index of what file is where. So if I’m in the mood for a certain type of media, I know which drive to mount to.

Sadly, I have to wait until wednesday before my external drive comes. For now the drives are sitting on my kitchen table.. waiting.

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