[blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied

[Bryan Schulz]

Hi,

DUMB!
buy another 2.5" laptop hard drive and a thin sata to usb enclosure.
then use casper to clone your drive to the second hard drive as it is free 
for 30 days.
then uninstall everything you have to in order to comply with the testing 
rules.
after the test, swap the hard drives as the new one will most likely have 
much more capacity and you could then use the original smaller drive in the 
usb enclosure for extra storage.
the new drive and enclosure will cost about $80.

Bryan Schulz
The BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied


> For those who are lucky enough to be able to use a laptop on the essays, I
> have a thought. If I am ultimately granted this accommodation, I expect 
> the
> Board will ask me to wipe my computer clean. I believe that, instead of
> gutting my computer (and then worrying that I have inadvertently left
> something on there that shouldn't be there), I am going to buy a second
> netbook for use on the bar. A netbook costs around $400. I might buy one
> just like the one I am using now. I can always sell it at a discount after
> I'm done. (Then again, I might keep it and turn it into a linux
> machine...but that''s a topic of discussion for another list.) Current
> netbooks comply with the technical requirements that Virginia has for
> laptops. Also, the batter ycan last for an entire day of testing without
> needing to be recharged.
>
> This is not exactly the cheapest solution, but I believe it's what I will 
> do
> it I need a clean computer.
>
> Angie
>
>
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