I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7
Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster,
Malwarebytes, Avast, Windows Defender,
and Windows Firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core (tm) I7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz
RAM 12.0 GB
System type: 64-bit operating system

I also have

a Dell Opiplex 780 tower with Windows 7
professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster,
Malwarebytes, Avast, Windows Defender
and Windows Firewall.

(1) TB HD
Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz
4 GB RAM, 750 GB HD
System type: 64-bit operating system


external hard drives:

Seagate backup pls (1) TB 2.5 USB portable HD

WD Black series WD2003FZEX 2 TB 7200
RPM 64 MB Cache SATA 6.0- Gb/s 3.5"
Internal hard drive.


I posted this on another thread:

Recently I went through a power outage
and the repair electrician wired my mobile
home for 220 instead of 110 and fried allot
of electronics.

Luckily the computers were not effected
directly. However, it got me to thinking;
what would happen if my 780 HD crashed?

This isn't something that is critical or
has to be taken care of immediately but I
do want to resolve it after I take care of
more pressing matters.

I've prepared for that with the 8500 with
two spare HD's, each which has been already
set up to boot.

However I don't have anything set up for the
780

https://www.staples.com/DELL-780-Tow...roduct_1498887

Would this work?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16822148834


Thoughts/Suggestions?
Robert