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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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You can do it for a lot less than $200 ish.
Get a new hard drive, plug it in and insert your "rescue" CD and let it load everything again.
Loads of descent hard drives for around $75 with shipping.
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=NOTEBOOKS+HARD+DRIVE&i=0&c=&mi=0&m=&srt=t&view=&international=
If you really want to make it faster, then get a 7200 rpm drive.
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=NOTEBOOKS+HARD+DRIVE+7200&srt=t&mi=0&m=&view=
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