And assuming you want to be in this position again in a year's time :-)
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he said cheap...:-)
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Is there data on the drive you need to recover?
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woot has an emachines on there right now for $219
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If you think the hd is shot, i have an extra or two back at home...actually i have two comps that i need to rip apart and either recycle or sell...so if you wanted, next time im in town (week and a half = sb), we could have some nerd fun.

Is that the comp that you couldnt get the video card working to play diable II?
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Or if you wanted to put some time into it... we could frankenstein the two together into one working computer...that will be better than your current very large paperweight.
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Hmm, taking parts from multiple computers to make another computer. Sounds delightful. I'm in. :-)
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