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For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA
Date: July 3, 2004 at 21:03:30 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!
OS: WinXP
CPU/Ram: XP2500 DDR333

Comment:

On sale RIGHT NOW for holiday weekend. GET down there and get one!
160 gigabyte ATA133 with 8mb cache!!
$79.99 after INSTANT rebates! No mail in crap! Anyway, enjoy!
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=300018&pfp=BROWSE

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Response Number 1

Name: Symbios
Date: July 3, 2004 at 21:24:20 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Wow that's a good deal, and it's a Maxtor!
Look at the specs!
Compusa's Specs:
Generic Part # L01P160
160GB Capacity
Ideal for high-end gaming and digital video
7200 RPM ATA/IDE hard drive
Ultra fast 8MB cache buffer - up to 20% faster performance
Ultra ATA/133 interface - up to 33% faster data transfer rates
Ultra quiet operation with fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor
9ms average seek time
Easy installation
Includes intelligent formatting and partitioning software
Maxtor's Specs:
Maxtor Part # L01P160
160GB Capacity
Ideal for high-end gaming and digital video
7200 RPM ATA/IDE hard drive
Ultra fast 8MB cache buffer - up to 20% faster performance
Ultra ATA/133 interface - up to 33% faster data transfer rates
Ultra quiet operation with fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor
9ms average seek time
Easy installation
Includes intelligent formatting and partitioning software
Coincidence? I think not!
Actually it was really unnecessary to post the specs seeing as how the part numbers are exactly the same but I had nothing better to do! LOL
Another good find Francis!
Symbios

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Response Number 2

Name: NAN
Date: July 3, 2004 at 21:30:39 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Same at frys..even better 69 buck!

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Response Number 3

Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA
Date: July 3, 2004 at 22:16:56 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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:-) I am the deal hunter! It's my new nickname.

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Response Number 4

Name: doc is back
Date: July 3, 2004 at 23:54:58 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Must not have been for the weekend, I hit the website at 2 oclock sunday morning and no deal then.
May God forgive, and bless the United States.

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Response Number 5

Name: Symbios
Date: July 4, 2004 at 00:04:53 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Yep, Francis said;
“On sale RIGHT NOW for holiday weekend.”.
Now that the sale is over it’s cheaper to get one at good ol’ Newegg.com Here">Click Here

Symbios

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Response Number 6

Name: Symbios
Date: July 4, 2004 at 00:12:55 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Sorry the HTML in that link got screwed up. This one should work, click here.
Symbios

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Response Number 7

Name: johnoh
Date: July 4, 2004 at 06:07:00 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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hard drives come down in price faster than anything else so unless you need the capacity now its always best to wait and get an even better deal later.

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Response Number 8

Name: ranchhand
Date: July 4, 2004 at 07:42:50 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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I bought that very Maxtor HD, but XP Pro only recognizes it as 130 GIGs, I have tried everything including reformat & reinstall of the HD. I do have SP1 and all updates installed. Others do not seem to have this prob, and the drive runs great. (?)

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Response Number 9

Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA
Date: July 4, 2004 at 09:33:46 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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https://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=960&&p_sid=HAU2Oxfh&p_lva=
This will help you fix that issue Ranchhand.
It is information from Maxtor's website on how to get past the 137 gig limit.

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Response Number 10

Name: plyduster
Date: July 4, 2004 at 12:59:56 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Francis is correct.
I bought the same hard drive a couple months ago, and windows only saw 137GB. Went to Maxtor's website, downloaded a program called "big drive enabler." Windows now sees the full 160GB(actually if you do the math it's 152GB). Everything has been working fine since, fast and quiet hard drive.

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Response Number 11

Name: dakkon10
Date: July 4, 2004 at 18:34:24 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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AND now this week at CompUSA, from July 4th - Saturday July 10th you can get a Maxtor 250gig hard drive for $129.99!
Thats another great bargain.
But don't forget to buy the 2 year replacement plan on it for...24.99!
You won't regreat it
*note*
Yes, I do work at CompUSA
lol
*end note*

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Response Number 12

Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA
Date: July 4, 2004 at 20:12:19 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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Lol, well there's your credibility shot to pieces Dakkon10!
LMAO.
(Only kidding, lol).
I noticed that, and yes it is a superb deal.

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Response Number 13

Name: Symbios
Date: July 4, 2004 at 23:44:39 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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LOL Francis!
That 2-year replacement plan is a waste of money because Maxtor gives you a 3-year warranty and the CompUSA warranty starts on the day of purchase, so it's kinda pointless to have two warranties going at the same time!

Symbios

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Response Number 14

Name: FBI Agent
Date: July 10, 2004 at 23:57:05 Pacific
Subject: For my good friends here, A DEAL!!!

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ummm... he didnt say warrenty, he said replacement... so that would mean that after 2 years, you get a new one to replace the old one. dont know if thats how he ment it, but thats what he said. and if thats not a deal, i dont know what is
FBI_Agent

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