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Old 17th Nov 2020, 9:56 pm   #6
phildil
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Default Re: Disc drive value/rarity

I've recently sold a few old disk drives for a few quid simply because I don't like throwing stuff away. Keen techie types into retrocomputing will look for working drives. Not much money in it though as you might expect.

Internal 3.5 inch floppy drives seem to fetch about £5; more for external models. Working 5.25 inch floppy drives are scarcer and 8 inch quite rare now so they might be worth trying - check the sold items to get an idea of prices.

IDE Hard drives go for about £5 upwards - I've shifted quite a few of them.

CD and DVD drives are pretty much worthless except the external models which might fetch a couple of quid. They do however contain useful components (steppers, rails) which can be repurposed into small robotic or scanner projects.

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