Reply 20 of 57, by PC Hoarder Patrol
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Hard drive was something I tended to over buy thru the years - if I saw a good deal I'd buy a small batch (4-6) instead of the 1 or 2 I actually needed, with the result that I've now got way more than any retro use could possibly justify, although they're easy to store (in their original double-walled multi-unit packing boxes with foam or styrene inserts) and they're a good source of compatible spare PCBs when one fails. I even have quite a few of varying sizes that have never been out their anti-static bags - Maxtor DiamondMax 40GB, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10s 80/160GB but probably worst of all a tray of 7 Hitachi CinemaStar 500GB from 2010 which were for a rebuild of a raid system which never happened!
All my used ones are zero-byted and stored away, and while they're still useful for quick and dirty test builds, I use them more now as storage capacity to record thru USB off my TV's.