Guys I'm happy to report I'm typing this on my laptop not the wifes. I got the laptop back today after the hard drive replacement
The good news is it's working great, the bad news is they were not able to retrieve any data from the old drive
So I have to try and remember all the car sites and bookmark them but Pelican was the first
Thanks everyone for the support and suggestions as it helped me make what I think was the right decision
