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| Thread ID: 115343 | 2011-01-14 05:30:00 | System reload with no optical drive? | jawkiwi (16172) | Press F1 |
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| 1169673 | 2011-01-14 05:30:00 | I presently have a 6 year old Dell X300, it has been a good machine but is getting 'tired' and I am looking at getting something new. The type of machines I am looking at like a HP Pavilion dm1 or a Lenovo Thinkpad X100/ 120 (new). They do not come up a optical drive. So my question is what happens in the case of a HD failure? With the X300 I have reloaded windowson to the new HD using the CD drive and recovery disks provided. But in 2011 what is the way of being prepared for a HD failure? Should I buy a external optical drive at time of purchase? I would have hardly any use for it apart from in the case of a HD failure and windows reload. Is there some other solution? disk cloning or such? thanks John |
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| 1169674 | 2011-01-14 06:18:00 | Sure but that would require another PC with a working drive + your old drive + plus your backup drive and acronis disk manager. | PCT Joe (15018) | ||
| 1169675 | 2011-01-14 06:39:00 | The type of machines I am looking at like a HP Pavilion dm1 or a Lenovo Thinkpad X100/ 120 (new) . They do not come up a optical drive . The only things I've seen with no optical drive are netbooks . They have their place but it's not a PC replacement . |
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