On Tuesday 22 January 2002 0:06 am, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > On 21 Jan 2002, at 12:57, Bill Campbell boldly uttered: > > BTW: When I got the new hard drive, I called IBM support to find out > > where to buy an extra mounting bracket for the new drive so I could just > > swap drives quickly without having to mess with screws and such. The > > support person said this wasn't really his department, but took the model > > number, got the necessary part numbers, and set up a conference call with > > the appropriate people so I could order it quickly. Excellent support is > > the primary reason we use only IBM laptops (that and I can't stand the > > touchpads instead of the little eraser in the keyboard :-). > > One thing that you can do on some Thinkpads is get a converter that > will allow you to replace the battery with a 2nd HD. I did this on > my older Tpad when doing an HD upgrade and it's a *way* convenient > way to copy stuff over without having to deal with external backup > mediums. > > I totally agree on IBM service, which is one reason why I'm a > dedicated Tpad user and I recommend them to all my clients. > > > Phil
I think I've found an answer.... I have backup software that will write to a disk... that disk can be remote on the LAN. So I will backup the TP to another Windows machine, put the new drive in and install a new Windows and the backup software. Then restore from the backup. If all goes well, the job is done. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/22/02 00:15 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Schnatterly's Summing Up of the Corollaries: "If anything can't go wrong, it will" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
