[P1] My Xmas stupid question

[John Paul Moore]

First of all, I want to thank each and every one of you for responding 
quite helpfully to my question. My daughter's clamshell is the center 
of her world, without backup, and in danger of overloading her internal 
hd, though she has taken seriously my warnings to leave room unoccupied 
on the drive. She is loathe to let it and all its contents out of her 
possession and I am too many thumbed to tackle changing the hd. 
Portability isn't really a factor for her; backup is. I have some bids 
up on a couple of usb hds now and will probably buy one before the 
night's out. She will be able to back up to it and still have plenty of 
room for Something Corporate and Dashboard Confessional mp3's and 
pictures from her new digital camera. Maybe not the speediest or most 
elegant solution, but one that, thanks to the advice you have given me, 
I feel confident in pursuing. And next time I stop by OfficeMax, I have 
some news for the Kid Who Knows Everything. Happy Holidaze.

On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 07:53 PM, Dan Farley wrote:

> Get a 40 GB hardrive, download instructions off the net and give her
> clamshell a new brain! I know that this sounds hard but with the right 
> tools
> - (easily had at radio shack) - anyone with a little courage and 
> plenty of
> patience can do the job. An external device will ruin the whole laptop
> experience. Alternatively - get her a refurbished 700-900 iBook and 
> forgo
> all the pain.
>
>
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