You can buy a secondhand laptop on marktplaats for under €100 and take out the hard drive then sell the rest. I got one with 256GB for €15 not long ago.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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What size are you looking for? I paid ~150€ for 12tb refurbished and ~200 for 8tb new. Don't think you could get a high capacity drive for 100 even before the crisis
Ideally 2 or 3 10Tb drives but I would even be happy with 4Tb for now