Staples To Offer In Store Data Recorery

It looks like the hard drive giant Segate and Staples have teamed up to offer Data recovery to the masses. According to Computerworld, all 1400 stores will allow customers to bring in all types of digital media to recover lost data. Staples will provide a free evaluation to the customer to determine if the data can be recovered and at what fee. The recovery will be done on site with a 3-5 day turn around for small devices and up to a week for larger ones. If there are more difficult issues, the unit will be sent to Seagate labs to allow there techs to work on it. Once the data is recovered, it will be returned by Seagate USB device, or a 6GB Seagate pocket drive depending on the size of the data.

No word on pricing but I'm sure that it should be better than some of the other alternatives out there...cough Geek Squad cough.

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Best Buy Leaks The First Tivo Supported External HDD

Best Buy just can't seem to do anything right. But this time it is in our favor.

The mega tech store has stepped up to the plate with the leak of the first Tivo supported external hard drive. The "My Book Tivo DVR Expander" has 500GB with eSata support, with a $219.99 price point. Shipping is expected to be in the next couple of weeks.

[Best Buy via Gizmodo]

HDD Dock Lets You Plug In Hard Drives Like 8-Tracks

I have to admit that this is one of the most obvious idea's that I don't know why it took so long to come out. The SATA HDD Stage Rack allows you to plug in your bare HDD drives like a 8 track tape and view the drive right on your desktop. It works with 2.5 or 3.5 drives, and is Windows and Mac compatible. It's not as sleek as some of the external alternatives out there, but it gives you the option to still use those HDD still laying around.

[Geekstuff4u via Giz]

Alienware Packs SSD and HDD In Laptop

I love Alienware!!! They do their absolute best to put out the fastest system that they can, be it desktop or laptop. Granted, they're going to make you pay for it through the nose, but if you got the cake and can afford one, you're going to get a good computer.

Now Alienware is stepping up the game by offering a laptop with SSD and HDD all in one. This gives you the best of both worlds by combining the speed of the SSD (faster bootup and less power consumption) with the higher storage capacity that a standard HDD provides. The option is available on the Area 51 m9750 for $1,150 additional to whatever else you want the laptop to have.

Like I said, you're going to pay for it!!!

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