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Originally Posted by Drury18
I'm not too worried if I have to actually plug it into the wall or not. I'm more concerned over having a way to backup my documents and pictures and other personal things so that when this laptop goes I'm not SOL on a whole bunch of things.
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What exactly is wrong with your laptop? Most laptops allow you to take the harddrive out easily from the bottom. The harddrive you have in there is essentially the same thing as you find inside a portable enclosure.
You mentioned your screen dying. That has nothing to do with your data and if the laptop dies the harddrive is usually perfectly fine and can be taken out and put in an enclosure or another system.
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Originally Posted by Drury18
How hard is this to do? While I'm not a brain dead idiot when it comes to computers, I'm not really type to play around inside of them. I'm more software tinkering then hardware tinkering.
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Do you know how to stick a game cartridge into an NES? That's how easy.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/2-5-sat...ch-black-51566
I bought this and have been using it daily for 3 months carrying in my jacket pocket everywhere. See they are just a metal box with a connector inside. Doesn't even need a screwdriver. Now of course a $7 (shipped!) enclosure isn't going to be one you get for shock protection or anything but honestly, it's sturdy enough for any normal use I can think of.