> Let's say the electronics warehouse type store doesn't shelve drives 
> smaller than about 160G, maybe up to 250G nowadays. Not in 3.5" size.

I go to ebuyer.com, and the very first entry in the catelogue (because I 
have it sorted by price) is

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131311

I will admit, however, that it really *is* just about impossible to buy 
40GB or 60GB drives any more.

>> I don't know what the exchange rate is currently, but I saw 1TB for 
>> £170 or something. This is for an external HD, sold in a highstreet 
>> shop, so I'm sure it can be found cheaper elsewhere.
> 
> Yeah, I'm talking about a plain old 3.5" drive you'd plug into the 
> computer. No box or external PS or anything like that. In any case, for 
> £170 they could solve their backup problems way cheaper than hiring 
> someone to work for a day cleaning things up.

Yeah, ebuyer has 1.5TB for about £80 (SATA).

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