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"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
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> >Subject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
> >From: "Mark Mandell"
> >Date: 6/4/04 1:13 PM Pacific
>
> >You should be able to get a drive for less $$$$. Of course it depends
on
> >what size you have in mind as well.
> >
> >Mark
>
> How will I know which drives will fit my machine? Should I go to Fry's or
Best
> Buy? Do those guys know?.

Art....

Do you have Computer Expo shows in your area? If so, check out the various
vendors and you might find someone who's got good prices for the drives. I
did at a local show last year and wound up getting more stuff from there at
their store which is about twenty miles from me.

Mark
>
>
> Arthur Kramer
> 344th BG 494th BS
> England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
> Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
> http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer
>

All hard drives made in the last 5 years will "fit" you computer. You don't
need to go to Best Buy to get a hard drive, go eother to newegg.com to buy
one or search for the cheapest prices on pricewatch.com. The only normal
7200rpm hard drove I know that costs $200 would be a 250gb drive.
"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
news:...
> >Subject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
> >From: "Mark Mandell"
> >Date: 6/4/04 1:13 PM Pacific
>
> >You should be able to get a drive for less $$$$. Of course it depends
on
> >what size you have in mind as well.
> >
> >Mark
>
> How will I know which drives will fit my machine? Should I go to Fry's or
Best
> Buy? Do those guys know?.
>
>
> Arthur Kramer
> 344th BG 494th BS
> England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
> Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
> http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer
>

>ubject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>From: "vince"
>Date: 6/4/04 8:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <w%awc.4922$4S5.2241@attbi_s52>
>
>All hard drives made in the last 5 years will "fit" you computer. You don't
>need to go to Best Buy to get a hard drive, go eother to newegg.com to buy
>one or search for the cheapest prices on pricewatch.com.

Thanks. I'll go to new Egg. Once it is installed how do I get the data from the
C drive to the new E drive? Can I use a DOS command like copy C:\ E:\?


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

If you want to make things simple, take your machine to your local computer
dealer. Tell him to change the drive for you. In about 1 minute it will be
physically installed. You can have a 40 or 60 Gig for about $60 to $80 US
these days.

--

Jerry G.
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"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
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>Subject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>From: "Jerry G."
>Date: 6/4/04 6:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <c9r84v$d7k$>
>
>You can find a hard disk for about $80 or so that would work in your
>machine. Go around to the local computer shops.
>
How wilI know which ones will fit my machine.?


>--
>
>Jerry G.
>=====
>
>
>"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
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>>Subject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>>From: "mark mandel"
>>Date: 6/4/04 8:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>>Message-id: <XT0wc.1482$ et>
>>
>>
>>"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
>>news:...
>>> Should I add another hard disk before my C drive crashes or just get a
>new
>>> computer?
>>
>>Backup everything of value first, get the new drive, then transfer the
>>"image" to that drive.
>

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

When you bring the machine to the dealer, ask him to do an image from the
old drive to the new one. Dealers are equipped to do this all the time for
their clients. They may charge a few dollars for the time, but it is worth
it for the aggravation you will have in doing it yourself.

This is easy to do, but going by the way you are asking the question, I
would suggest you let someone who is experienced do this for you. In the
lifetime of the machine, you may never have to do this again.

If later on you buy a new machine, you can network the old and new one
together. Then you can use the old one as a file server, and data file
backup for the new one. This way, you don't have to waste the old machine.
With this in mind, you can now put a large hard disk in the machine you
have, if it will support it.

--

Jerry G.
=====


"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
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>ubject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>From: "vince"
>Date: 6/4/04 8:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <w%awc.4922$4S5.2241@attbi_s52>
>
>All hard drives made in the last 5 years will "fit" you computer. You don't
>need to go to Best Buy to get a hard drive, go eother to newegg.com to buy
>one or search for the cheapest prices on pricewatch.com.

Thanks. I'll go to new Egg. Once it is installed how do I get the data from
the
C drive to the new E drive? Can I use a DOS command like copy C:\ E:\?


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

>Subject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>From: "Jerry G."
>Date: 6/5/04 2:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <c9s3vn$gr9$>
>
>When you bring the machine to the dealer, ask him to do an image from the
>old drive to the new one. Dealers are equipped to do this all the time for
>their clients. They may charge a few dollars for the time, but it is worth
>it for the aggravation you will have in doing it yourself.
>
>This is easy to do, but going by the way you are asking the question, I
>would suggest you let someone who is experienced do this for you. In the
>lifetime of the machine, you may never have to do this again.
>
>If later on you buy a new machine, you can network the old and new one
>together. Then you can use the old one as a file server, and data file
>backup for the new one. This way, you don't have to waste the old machine.
>With this in mind, you can now put a large hard disk in the machine you
>have, if it will support it.
>
>--
>
>Jerry G.
>=====
>
>
>"ArtKramr" <> wrote in message
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>>ubject: Re: My hard disk is getting very noisy
>>From: "vince"
>>Date: 6/4/04 8:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>>Message-id: <w%awc.4922$4S5.2241@attbi_s52>
>>
>>All hard drives made in the last 5 years will "fit" you computer. You don't
>>need to go to Best Buy to get a hard drive, go eother to newegg.com to buy
>>one or search for the cheapest prices on pricewatch.com.
>
>Thanks. I'll go to new Egg. Once it is installed how do I get the data from
>the
>C drive to the new E drive? Can I use a DOS command like copy C:\ E:\?
>
>
>Arthur Kramer
>344th BG 494th BS
> England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
>Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
>http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer
>


The dealer route sounds good. Thanks.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

A bicycle would be better, in your case.

ArtKramr wrote:
>
> Should I add another hard disk before my C drive crashes or just get a new
> computer?
>
> Arthur Kramer
> 344th BG 494th BS
> England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
> Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
> http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer