I was thinking again about the Dell 9020 computer as a
spare for the 8500 just in case its motherboard should
fail and realized I don't have enough room for 3 monitors
so what I thought I would do is share the 780 monitor and
plug in the 9020 occasionally for updates etc and then
switch the monitor back to the 780 for normal use which
isn't much. So maybe once a month I could switch the
monitor to update anything on the 9020 but otherwise let it
lay dormant until needed.

While rummaging around for extra static envelopes I found
the original hd for the 780 and the bad hd which I still want
to test again after all the cloning is done. Only because it
isn't labeled at all. If it turns out to be good on either computer
it may solve the backspace problem, maybe not but I'd still
like to test it on both computers to see if its really bad. btw
the new hd's came in reusable static liners which I thought
was pretty nice I also numbered those and the boxes for the
hd's and the hd's themselves so they all have the same
corresponding number so they can't get mixed up.

The second cloning is about 3/4 complete and going smoothly.
The true test is when I try to boot with it afterwards, We'll see
if this time if it loads drivers also and if there's a problem
shutting down. I'll wait till I see the Action Center icon before I
shut it down just to be sure.


Robert