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Rutvik Dave wrote: All your important stuff should be on a non-portable place, otherwise, the fire and/or flood won't be able to get it
Precision in all things, Glasshopper.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You are right. 
But I still prefer different locations over portability.
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I know the feeling
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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Depending on how much you value your collection, there are forensic data recovery places that will actually disassemble what's left of your broken hard drive (in a clean room) and recover the data... Very expensive option, though!!
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If you're not willing to pay hundreds+ on recovery you can sometimes recover a clicking drive long enough to get data off by sticking it in the freezer for a while (differential thermal expansion moving parts around inside). It's only a short term-until it warms back up againbut should be long enough to copy stuff off option; and doing so will reduce the chance of any pros being able to get your data back.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Years ago I had an old hdd that's heads were stuck and was making a similar clicking noise. I strung it up (horizontally) and gave it a few good spins to appky some centripetal/centrifugal force and was able to recover some data off it. Worth a try at least. Google has some other suggestion for stuck hdd heads as well, although in your case it might be too physically damaged.
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Tut! Tut! Who's a silly boy?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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virang_21 wrote: Lesson learned : Always backup the backup..
Your post seems to be implying that you do not have a backup so I am confused
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I was just told that I get to go to a client site for two days a week minimum. My biggest objection is not having dual monitors. How fantastic would it be if there was a laptop that had dual monitors built in. Has anybody ever heard of one, cause I would like to make it required equipment before I go there to work 
Hogan
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Get a docking station and two monitors (client may have spare screens). or try to find Lenovo W700ds[^] somewhere.
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That is exactly what I'm talking about! Now if it was only affordable. Either way, I just put in a purchase request for one. I know the response, but its worth asking
Hogan
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I forgot to mention that It is a very old model (3-4 years old, I remembered because it is the only dual screen laptop), I don't think it's available for purchase now.
Also even if you can find one, in the same price you can get a docking station, dual 24" monitor and a whole new laptop.
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You can plug a monitor into the video port of your laptop and use both the screen on your laptop as well as the external one.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I do that.... it works fine.... the only problem is that the laptop screen is 15" and the external one is 19"....
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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I didn't say it was optimal - I wanted to point out that technically, you don't need to spend money on a docking station.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I remember reading about Lenovo coming up with something like that a while back. I went searching for it and lo and behold, it really does exist! ThinkPad W700ds[^]
They also have a pretty wicked multi-monitor setup with their docking stations, too: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-76617[^]
** Update **
Okay, I didn't see that anyone else had responded, and as soon as I posted it showed me the first response was the same one I was thinking. Great minds, and all that jazz
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Morgan Estes wrote: it really does exist! ThinkPad W700ds[^]
WOW! It's got a non-fondleable fondle-slab on the side!
And it's got Vista, too!
Verily, we have found the Holy Grail!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You had me at "fondle Vista". 
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Another option: You can hook up as many VGA -> USB adapters as you have USB ports. I'm running 3 monitors off of my Surface Pro, and with USB3, I see no slowdown whatsoever.
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snorkie wrote: How fantastic would it be if there was a laptop that had dual monitors built in
Hwa?
It would hardly be a laptop, then.
I'm on a laptop now, with an umpty-tum inch monitor plugged into it -- that's "dual", even if the screens are different sizes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Draw a line down the middle of your screen. You now have two monitors. Enjoy :P
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I appreciate all the feedback, but I wanted something portable. I don't want to walk into a client's office with my laptop bag and a monitor under my arm...
Hogan
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...to develop a web site as large as what the Obamacare website apparently needs to be, and expect that web site to be a) performant, and b) secure (even reasonably so).
When you couple all of that with a wholly unsustainable hardware infrastructure, you end up with what amounts to a pile of shit.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: When you couple all of that with a wholly unsustainable hardware infrastructure, you end up with what amounts to a pile of shit.
Well when you start with sh*t it's hard to end up with anything else.
Coincidentally just got this in email;
Top Ten Indicators Your Employer Has Changed To The Obamacare Health Care Plan.
(10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.
(9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park."
(8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.
(7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.
(6) The only item listed under Preventative Care Coverage is "an apple a day."
(5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.
(4) The statement, "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is not a typographical error.
(3) The only expense covered 100% is..."Embalming."
(2) Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.
(1) You ask for Viagra and they give you a Popsicle stick and duct tape.
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