Checklist for Reformatting

[Nancy Allison]

Fred says:


> if your laptop is more than 2
>years old the chances are good that it uses an IDE drive.
>At which point you wouldn't be able to do any swapping.

Oh, MAN. I think I'm almost home free, then a new twist arises! I have a WinBook (Microcenter in-house laptop) that's at least 3 years old. Now surely laptops had pop-out drives back then . . . I seem to recall they've had this for a while. Why won't I be able to pop this one out and stick in another? 

Aarrgh.

--Nancy