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Old Oct 12, 2017, 4:22 pm
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mikew99
 
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Originally Posted by ynosan
I’m getting into Managua tomorrow at 5pm from the Corn Islands and my plane takes off at 8am the next morning. To ship the laptop I’d have to buy packaging, bubble wrap paper, and the shipping costs would be quite high. The only thing I care about is the hard drive really.
Is it possible to remove the hard drive from the laptop? You could easily carry that on. Whatever happens to the laptop, at least your data will be in your hands.
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