Re: Laptop shopping (was Re: Packing)

aahz@xxxxxxxxx (Mean Green Dancing Machine) wrote in
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> Actually, I just remembered why swapping hard disks is more difficult
> than upgrading memory:

> To upgrade memory, you turn the computer off, wait for the static
> electricity to disspate, open it up, swap the RAM, and reverse the
> process. Presto! instant faster computer.

> To upgrade a hard disk, you have to back it up, do all the stuff for
> RAM, then you have the little problem of restoring. Backup/restore
> for the disk that contains your OS can range from annoying to acutely
> painful, depending on the OS and one's expertise (not to mention
> availability of useful hardware and software accessories). So yeah, I
> *definitely* stand by my claim that upgrading RAM is easier.

in general i agree with you but there's this cute little LINUX BASED
tool out there called g4u which sucks up your hard drive block for block
and throws it at an ftp server. then you can reverse the process later.
it boots from a cd rom. really handy. used it to replace the HD in my
work laptop with one of a different size (bigger, of course, not
recommended to use this going to a smaller one).

incidentally i replaced a motherboard on a windows system (2k) and this
rendered the entire operating system completely unbootable. i tried
quite a few recommended hacks. the problem was that both the dead
motherboard and the replacement one required "F6" type HD controller
drivers, and even putting the new driver on the HDD before booting
didn't help poor confused win2k to find the boot disk (after it started
booting -- this is a very strange behaviour in my opinion).


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stealthaxe

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