CompUSA Hot in store specials 7/21 - 7/27

[maxworldpcdude]

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[huesmann]

Ghost 2002 looks hot (free is always hot), but everything else looks tepid.

 

[zxcvb]

TDK 40x12x48 is hot after rebate $39.99, last month it was 32x10x40

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: zxcvb
TDK 40x12x48 is hot after rebate $39.99, last month it was 32x10x40

Very hot, I love TDK CD-RWs unfortunately my wallet doesn't agree

 

[Jame]

How does TDK CD-RW compared with Lite-On?

Thx!

 

[Frosty3799]

Originally posted by: Jame
How does TDK CD-RW compared with Lite-On?

Thx!

TDK burners have been top of the list for a while now (i think since the 24x drives)

 

[Frosty3799]

Originally posted by: huesmann
Ghost 2002 looks hot (free is always hot), but everything else looks tepid.

does ghost only work with fat32? (i.e. DOS partitions?) i have the version that came with my motherboard, and it tells me to open up dos, while i am running ntfs.

 

[cardboardbox]

does compusa take competitors coupons (Staples)?

 

[nigm]

bump

 

[Byte]

ghost 2002 will clone a NTFS to another drive, but it will not do images to another NTFS drive. So don't expect to make any images to other partitions/drives with NTFS. Use drive image for that.

 

[dlaw]

Think I will get the TDK... HOT. Thanx.

 

[mra]

So I can walk into KompUSSR with that Ghost coupon and walk out with Norton Ghost 2002 for free without paying anything? Damn that's awesome. I may be picking up that burner too, I need a new one and I've read good things about TDKs

 

[Coraanu]

Originally posted by: Frosty3799

Originally posted by: Jame
How does TDK CD-RW compared with Lite-On?

Thx!

TDK burners have been top of the list for a while now (i think since the 24x drives)

As far as I know TDK's are rebadged Lite-On's. I've had a 16X and 24X, both were Lite-On's.

 

[Coraanu]

Originally posted by: mra
So I can walk into KompUSSR with that Ghost coupon and walk out with Norton Ghost 2002 for free without paying anything? Damn that's awesome. I may be picking up that burner too, I need a new one and I've read good things about TDKs

There's probably a rebate involved with Ghost 2002.

 

[salfter]

Originally posted by: Frosty3799
does ghost only work with fat32? (i.e. DOS partitions?) i have the version that came with my motherboard, and it tells me to open up dos, while i am running ntfs.

Ghost is a DOS-based program (it should make a boot floppy for you with PC-DOS on it), but it can read NTFS partitions since it uses BIOS calls (not DOS calls) to access the disk. It knows what's where in an NTFS partition and can back them up and restore them.

 

[Doug117]

sorry Byte, but i do believe you are wrong:

ghost 2002 will clone a NTFS to another drive, but it will not do images to another NTFS drive. So don't expect to make any images to other partitions/drives with NTFS. Use drive image for that.

Ghost will read/write any drive format... including NTFS. You have to use the bootdisks that the program will create for you to touch any NTFS partition, as the partition can not be mounted while having these operations performed on them

 

[stingygrrl]

does anyone know if ghost involves an upgrade rebate? (involving a UPC from a previous norton's product)
usually the virusscan rebates involve that.

 

[mra]

So will the TDK burner be $40 in store or will we have to mail in some rebates?

 

[joemamma]

thanks for the heads up...i will be waiting for the doors to open on sunday

 

[TheFirm]

u have to mail a rebate

 

[Otaking]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Very hot, I love TDK CD-RWs unfortunately my wallet doesn't agree

No way, RossMAN is resisting a hot deal? I didn't think I'd live to see that..

 

[sngryng]

Just went to the local compusa to try to pick up ghost 2002. total waste of time. store manager first tried to deny that the ad was for this week, then spent about a half hour in the back room verifying that the ad i printed was actually available on line. then she comes back and says that the breakdown is $10 instant savings, $40 compusa mail-in rebate, and $20 symantec upgrade mail-in rebate. The symantec rebate requires you to have proof of purchase of a prior version of ghost. Both compusa and symantec rebates require the original proof of purchase (???).

pretty misleading, if you ask me. i pointed out to her that the advertisement never mentioned anything about having to own a previous copy of ghost, and her response was to point to the description which said "Powerful solutions for system upgrading, backup and recovery". it was useless at that point to try to explain what the software actually did.

To make matters worse, the compusa rebate that she finally gave me was only for $30 off. when I asked why it wasn't $40 as she had stated, she just shrugged and said "this is all i have".

 

[boi]

Gonna pick up Ghost today =)

 

[immortalis]

ConUSA simply sux!
They are uneducated, lie about nearly everything and hardly pay the rebates, if at all.

Not worth the hassles.

 

[ww4397]

Originally posted by: sngryng
Just went to the local compusa to try to pick up ghost 2002. total waste of time. store manager first tried to deny that the ad was for this week, then spent about a half hour in the back room verifying that the ad i printed was actually available on line. then she comes back and says that the breakdown is $10 instant savings, $40 compusa mail-in rebate, and $20 symantec upgrade mail-in rebate. The symantec rebate requires you to have proof of purchase of a prior version of ghost. Both compusa and symantec rebates require the original proof of purchase (???).

pretty misleading, if you ask me. i pointed out to her that the advertisement never mentioned anything about having to own a previous copy of ghost, and her response was to point to the description which said "Powerful solutions for system upgrading, backup and recovery". it was useless at that point to try to explain what the software actually did.

To make matters worse, the compusa rebate that she finally gave me was only for $30 off. when I asked why it wasn't $40 as she had stated, she just shrugged and said "this is all i have".

You just saved me a trip to ChumpUSA.

Thanks.