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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Other than laptops, I haven't bought a 'pre-made' computer since the mid-'90's. When it's time for a new one, I research the individual components to find the best for my particular needs, then just pick up a tower that will hold them (and the cooling system I want,) and put it together. Once I discovered that it was almost impossible to plug things into the wrong sockets on the motherboards, my 'fear of computers' disappeared. And the step-by-step photo instructions that come with many motherboards today make it easier than putting together an Ikea bookshelf!
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My notebook is up and running again. I received the new 120GB drive. Getting a 64GB drive was of no use, by the way; it would have saved me like €5 or €10
My desktop can use that bigger drive better, as I use it much more (and with a lot more, and bigger software) than my notebook. Thus, I made a new image of the desktop, swapped in the 120GB drive, and put the image back. (And extended it to fill the new drive, obviously.)
Then I put the desktop's 64GB into the notebook. It's the same model as the one that failed, and it's also three years old, but I haven't had any issues yet.
When putting back the last notebook's image, I discovered it was over a year old, so I had some updating to do today. Yeah, I only use my notebook in spurts; 3-4 months of heavy use, 3-4 months out of action. It seems I tend to neglect imaging the system drive. My desktop gets imaged once a week.
Tomorrow I'll image the notebook, so I'll have a more recent image if this "new but old" SSD fails as well
Oh, and I love DELL business notebooks such as the Lattitudes. They can be so easily maintained. Removing the HDD's is just a matter of loosening four screws, and you can remove the drives. The keyboard (swapped out under warranty, after breaking a key four years ago) can be replaced within 5 minutes, also by unscrewing two screws.
Compare that to a consumer notebook which often has to be disassembled to the last screw to get at the HDD...