Nick, If you wanted to transfer only “files,” like the text of a paper, photographs, a spreadsheet, etc. there are plenty of ways to do that. (You probably know this, I’m not trying to insult your intelligence!) However, if software is involved, e.g. Word, Excel, etc., I think it’s much more complicated. What you have heard about an image is correct, but I wouldn’t recommend that as a do-it-yourself project, particularly in a distracted state of mind with family troubles. There are just too many little things that could go wrong. My advice is to hire someone. Price range would most likely be $100 - $150, but that’s only a guess. Best of luck, Mike Stevens Berkeley On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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