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Old 01-06-2016, 12:24 AM   #11
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Thanks everyone for the replies.

But I still don't know where to take it for repairs. My initial thought was Memory Express, but sounds like they are going to be a bit pricey.

Any other ideas?
Do it yourself? It's not difficult.

You can get a free program like http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx to clone your old drive.

Buy a replacement hard drive of the same size (to make partitioning easier), a $13 hard drive enclosure (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX25441), then use the software to clone the old drive to the new one. Then usually it's a matter of removing one or two screws to pull out the old drive and slide the new one in.

It boils to plugging two things in, a few mouse clicks, and using a screwdriver.

For the battery, you'll have to order one online and it just swaps straight out with the old one.

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