>$150 to replace a hard disk? That's called stealing IMHO. You can do it in a couple of minutes. 2 cables to plug in and a couple of screws and you're done.
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You bet. Most laptops hard drives either pop out by pushing a button or require you to undo a couple of screws to open a drive bay. Unplug it, pull it out.

Search for internet deals for a drive that fits your make and model laptop. Usually they are failry inexpensive.

Plug it in, close it up, install your OS or use recovery disks if you have them.

Fairly painless.


>>Thank you both Al & William. He went into some repair shop yesterday and they detected a bad hard drive and said they are going to replace it for $400 (250 for 80GB drive and $150 for work). Sounds like too expansive to us, so we may want to try your advices first.