06-26-2003, 04:38 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Oct 2002
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W-A-Y Off Topic - Hard Drive Imaging??
I have a question for the more technically inclined folks out there. We recently had a severe thunderstorm in Pgh that fried my PC. The insurance company has agreed to spring for a new one (yeah for me  ). I am hoping that my hard drive is salvagable as I have considerable unbacked-up (yeah, yeah, I know :evil: ) data on it. CompUSA is going to do a process called "imaging" my hard drive onto a 30G internal drive. According to the specs on the new Dell I'm getting it has 3 internal 3.5-inch storage bays for additional hard drive storage devices.
My question is whether installing this internal drive from CompUSA is difficult for a "non-techie".
My other options are to purchase a kit from CompUSA for an additional $50 that will allow me to convert the internal drive to an external drive, or to pay an additional $30 to have them "image" my drive onto my new PC. The problem with the latter option is then I have to lug the new tower to the store and who knows how long they will have it. Plus, I just don't know that I'm comfortable with the CompUSA personnel playing around with the insides of my new PC. By the way, their charge for imaging my old drive is $99, and that includes the price of the 30G internal drive. That seemed reasonable to me, but I don't really have a frame of reference for this type of thing.
Any thoughts/advice is greatly appreciated.
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