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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 416874" data-attributes="member: 24160">edit:&nbsp; see MHC's post below, and thanks, see I still have some to learn about that end of Mac's.Note - To all students (and anyone else living in a 2nd home half the year):Part of packing your computer is to take all of your install disks with you.Do not leave your disks behind.&nbsp; This includes the OS and all other software you have purchased and will need at any time while your are at school.&nbsp; Leaving these disks at home can result in several days of not having your computer in case of a hard drive failure instead of a few hours.&nbsp; It also saves your parents from having to find them (if possible in your room) and getting them off in the mail to you. And for everyone: if you are not in the habit of keeping all your install disks safe and in a single location - start now.&nbsp; Can't tell you how many people have brought their computers to me over the years where the only real fix was to do a fresh install (as in they had it so messed up it could take days to repair everything vs. 4 hours to do a fresh install, reload drivers and apps) and they didn't even have a clue where their OS disks were much less the other few hundred dollars worth of apps they had on the machine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 416874, member: 24160"] edit: see MHC's post below, and thanks, see I still have some to learn about that end of Mac's. [B]Note - To all students[/B] (and anyone else living in a 2nd home half the year): Part of packing your computer is to take all of your install disks with you. [B]Do not leave your disks behind.[/B] This includes the OS and all other software you have purchased and will need at any time while your are at school. Leaving these disks at home can result in several days of not having your computer in case of a hard drive failure instead of a few hours. It also saves your parents from having to find them (if possible in your room) and getting them off in the mail to you. And for everyone: if you are not in the habit of keeping all your install disks safe and in a single location - [B]start now.[/B] Can't tell you how many people have brought their computers to me over the years where the only real fix was to do a fresh install (as in they had it so messed up it could take days to repair everything vs. 4 hours to do a fresh install, reload drivers and apps) and they didn't even have a clue where their OS disks were much less the other few hundred dollars worth of apps they had on the machine. [/QUOTE]

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