[Hidden-tech] Help needed with hard drive Backup

[Herb Singleton]

The only problem with this solution is that your warranty repair might be denied because of the non-stock part.

Herb

On Dec 26, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Andy wrote:

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> Izzy,
> 
> You didn't say how large the hard drive is but this might be an excellent
> time to upgrade to a larger hard drive.  You could take your old hard drive
> out, install the new hard drive into your laptop and send it off that way to
> be repaired.  Then you can back up your data from you old hard drive at your
> leisure.  I recently upgraded from a 160 GB hard drive to a 500 GB hard
> drive and it cost me about $70.  I got my new hard drive from
> Tigerdirect.com (mail order) but I bet you can get one today or tomorrow at
> Best Buy or Staples.  I imagine your hard drive is an SATA drive and it is
> easy enough to buy a SATA Dock to plug your old hard drive into.  It can
> then connect to any other computer via USB port and look like an ordinary
> external hard drive.  This is an easy do-it-yourself computer project that
> can be very satisfying.  Give it a try!
> 
> Andy Smith
> Ashfield, MA
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> Hi Folks,
> 
> I need to send my notebook to the manufacturer for repair (under
> warranty). They will erase the hard drive so I need to remove  it and back
> it up before I send it. I cant turn it on because it was smoking so I need
> to remove the HD , copy it and put it back before sending.    Can someone
> do this for me before Sun ?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Izzy
> 
> 
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