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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 3:00 pm
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Braindrain
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Originally Posted by tjl
Could you sell the computer and buy a new one when you get to your destination?

If data on your hard drive is important, could you remove it and replace it with a blank hard drive before selling the computer, then copy the data to a new computer that you buy at your destination?
Originally Posted by SRQ Guy
Have you considered selling it on ebay and buying a new one when you get to FRA? Then all you have to take with you is a portable hard drive with yoru backed-up data on it.
To me, the best suggestions. You could sell it and buy another one with the "loss" being less than the cost of freight.

For me, almost sounds like the perfect excuse to buy a new computer.
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