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Not buying warranty, or anything from Dell ever again. Bill what would be my best choice for getting my data off that crashed drive? I have a friend who offered to try, but would rather pay someone to do it. And then I will get on line back up...
I largely agree with dasno. Hard drives are currently cheap. Get a big external drive and keep file copies on your local machine and the external drive. Data recovery from dead drives can run into 4 figures.