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I want to install a 2nd hard drive to use for backing up data
I have a huge honking 1TB of space on my C: hard drive and only use less than half of that, but every time I want to do a system backup and create a system image (to restore to in case everything else goes wrong, which has occurred 3 times this year) is to backup to a USB drive of only 300GB, which is about the size of a backup w/sys image. So, everytime I do that, I lose all my other backups (which shouldn't be a problem but is annoying).
I have a 700 HD I am currently not using - can anyone advise me on the steps to take? (I tried Lenovo support, and incredibly, they want $150 for such an "involved" help issue - and I am still under warranty. I asked what the $75 dollar option would give me, and they said (incredibly) that for $75 I would get three (3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) phone support sessions for "minor" problems. When asked what a "minor" problem was, they said as an example "installing software"!!!! WTF??
When asked, I was told the warranty only covered the HD, and only in certain cases. I didn't ask to define "certain" cases, but asked to speak to a floor manager (I've worked on help desks) I was then peppered with questions like: Why? Why do you need to speak to him? My name? Why do you need my name?"
It's service like this that has already made me decide to go to a different brand, any brand, just based on that. OK, Ihave finished my rant! :)
Any help would be appreciated (oh, the HD I will be using is not blank, it was taken out of another system, for reasons not related to performance.) I have 3 remaining SATA ports on my system, and 6GB of RAM, and am running Win 7 HP on a machine powered by Intel i3 processor, if that is relevant.
Thank You!!!