Lenovo computers?

[myxpykalix]

I need to replace this one i'm on. It has 12 gigs of memory and a 2TB hd. Lenovo is supposed to be ibm computers?

[Michaelodunk]

IBM sold their laptop computers to lenovo a chinese manufacture.
It sounds like you have a powerful computer why a new one?

[myxpykalix]

The HD has gotten so it sometimes won't spin up and start. Thats why i wanted a transfer pgm and i dumped all my files i wanted to save off my C drive just in case it dies on me. I'm going to start reinstalling pgms on the new computer next.

[tri4sale]

The HD has gotten so it sometimes won't spin up and start. Thats why i wanted a transfer pgm and i dumped all my files i wanted to save off my C drive just in case it dies on me. I'm going to start reinstalling pgms on the new computer next.

Replacing just the HD is an under $100 expense usually, lot cheaper than replacing the whole computer. And you just put the old drive in as "D" (or whatever the next drive available is) and you can drag / drop files from old drive to new drive.

[rb99]

Get a copy of Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost and make a clone of the drive onto a new drive. All programs, Windows, everything will be exactly as before. Then periodically make a backup clone copy. If your drive crashes pop in the new one and you are good.

I picked up a QNAP NAS and it is keeping my data backed up twice on the fly. So with a cloned copy of c and the double backup of the data, I will be good, except in a fire... I still need offsite backup.

[coryatjohn]

Replace your HD with an SSD and see an incredible boost to the performance and reliability of your computer. Basically, this is like making your computer one giant solid state memory. It's more expensive then just replacing with another HD but the difference in speed is quite spectacular. If you have room for more than one drive, buy a smaller main SSD and then a standard HD as the storage bin for files and such.

[RossMosh]

Hard drives fail. Just replace it and move on.

I'd buy two. I'd get one SSD to run my OS, programs, and active jobs from. Then I'd get a 7200RPM 1TB HD for file storage.

I personally don't recommend copying HDs. It's the fastest way to get up and running again but you'll see better long term performance if you simply install everything one by one on the new HD and just copy over the files, bookmarks, ect from the old HD.

[knight_toolworks]

Replace your HD with an SSD and see an incredible boost to the performance and reliability of your computer. Basically, this is like making your computer one giant solid state memory. It's more expensive then just replacing with another HD but the difference in speed is quite spectacular. If you have room for more than one drive, buy a smaller main SSD and then a standard HD as the storage bin for files and such.
Yes this gives a huge speed bump over a lot more expensive hardware. if you use a regular drive for storage to save money.

[Sk8MFG]

Yes this gives a huge speed bump over a lot more expensive hardware. if you use a regular drive for storage to save money.

Big time. I've been on SSDs for years. It reallly speeds things up, especially when you're playing with large files (photo editing, modeling etc) and need to read/write a lot.


Something like this would do the trick:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7455478&CatId=5300

[rb99]

I did some research the other day and from what I read the Samsung Evo or Pro SSD's are ranked as the best for the money.

[JimDav]

Get a copy of Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost and make a clone of the drive onto a new drive. All programs, Windows, everything will be exactly as before. Then periodically make a backup clone copy. If your drive crashes pop in the new one and you are good.

I picked up a QNAP NAS and it is keeping my data backed up twice on the fly. So with a cloned copy of c and the double backup of the data, I will be good, except in a fire... I still need offsite backup.
Excellent point. rb999 is correct. As a former IT guy, i've used Acronis for years. A clone IS NOT a copy. A clone is an EXACT image, bit for bit. SSD's are great but small. They are great to put the OS on. I also partition my drives and try to keep the "C" drive for OS only, but partitioning is more advanced probably for most here.

[David Iannone]

Yes, like John said SSD. I had a SSD drive put in a 3 year old laptop, about two months ago kept the original HD as the secondary that my Dropbox syncs to. Holy cow it boots in seconds, and is lightning fast. Loads programs like I've never seen and slams webpages down like nothing. He did take the ram up to 8 gig also. I am thinking now of adding SSD drives to my shop CPUs now.