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xyeovillian

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#242714 10-Nov-2018 18:05

Wanted small 2.5" hdd for an old laptop to run Volumio music system. I have looked and they all seem to big for my purpose anything 8gb or there about would do, has anyone got any old ones lying around would pay for P&P etc

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#2123407 10-Nov-2018 18:16

What details on the laptop?

Hard drive have an IDE or Sata interface?

Under Windows Manager you can always make a larger drive have a smaller partition, etc.

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#2123415 10-Nov-2018 18:50

I might have something, not sure, will check later. It would be very old if I do, and definitely IDE. If I still have it and it works, you are welcome to it,

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#2123416 10-Nov-2018 18:54

Same.
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#2123420 10-Nov-2018 19:26

That small I would be considering a SD to SATA adapter and just putting a card in it for the silence of no clattering spinning rust. Those adapters are slow, but so are HDDs.

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#2123521 11-Nov-2018 10:00

I have two IDE drives, 6 and 16 GB. I just checked and formatted them and both seem fine. If you want either or both, PM me with your details and tell me your wishes.

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#2123570 11-Nov-2018 14:03

Thanks guys I need 2.5" sata drive, all I need is a small hard drive to work in an old laptop running Volumio music player and would just run headless and in ram. Hope this makes sense I have looked for hdd's and they all seem to large for my purpose. I have set it up with an old 1tb but just seems a waste as its not doing anything apart from booting up.

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#2123575 11-Nov-2018 15:06

If it is SATA why not get a cheap SSD for the task?

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#2123589 11-Nov-2018 16:26

Can the laptop USB boot unattended?

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#2123597 11-Nov-2018 16:47

richms:

Can the laptop USB boot unattended?

That would be my thought, if everything is in memory. Get a small (physically small) USB stick.

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#2123684 11-Nov-2018 19:43

Just had a look at Volumio web site..... Very versatile and flexible open source music player...

https://volumio.org/discover/

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