[dba-Tech] Dell Latitude E7240 Ultrabook question

[Peter Brawley]

On 2/24/2018 10:45, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> I'm looking at one of these on eBay, refurbished by Dell, for a good price.
> My question(s) concern the ports available (the illustration does not make
> it clear).
>
> Can one connect an external monitor?
> How many USB ports does it have? (Actually I need just one, since I have a
> 10-port bar to attach.

Googling Dell latitude specs will get those answers.

> And one last question: the Dell Inspiron it will replace contains a 1TB
> hard disk. The motherboard and CPU both got fried during an area-wide
> electrical outage; the hard disk is still good. Is there any way to remove
> said hard disk and connect it to the proposed new Ultrabook, at least long
> enough to copy everything from it?

Sure. For most every popular laptop on the planet there's a YouTube vid 
showing how to remove a hard disk or SSD. Buy a $20 USB 2.5 inch HD 
enclosure, connect it to the laptop and off you go.

> Two big selling points on this machine are: 1) 250gb SSD and 2) both
> Windows 10 and Office 2016 are pre-installed and of course licensed. I
> really want to experience booting from an SSD!

Yep, a couple of secs and it's up.

PB