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so listen, not having really looked it up or anything, how would i go about shipping my pc to the UK when we move?
 
PsychoFish said:
On the damn plane with you in a box wrapped in bubble wrap. AKA VERY CAREFULLY
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uhm as my hand/carry on luggage?

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Or take out the HDD, sell the PC, and buy a new one there. Anything more would be more hassle than it's worth, IMO.
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no the first month or two are going to be pretty tight with only the hubby working and we will still have to pay our debt this side so until i find a job we cant go splurging on new things. also if im going to be sitting at home i want to at least play games...

Wyvern said:
That is what I would suggest, uk prices are good that you will get a decent pc
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Or just dump the damn thing and buy everything that side. Your interwebs speed is of such a nature that you can download your entire steam library in about a day or so
 
Wenzdayz said:
uhm as my hand/carry on luggage?
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Ask them to put it in the fragile cargo hold (Hold stowage); This basically means you take the box all the way to where you board the plane, hand it to a crew member and they put it in the hold stowage compartment.

I used to travel quite a bit with sensitive/expensive computer equipment and used to do this quite a bit. You might also need to cruise around with proof of purchase or other documentation to prove that it's yours, etc etc etc...

The only time I have ever had shit was when I was taking two Cisco ASAs to Iran as I didn't have the documentation allowing me to bring devices with the ability to encrypt data into the country.
 
PsychoFish said:
Ask them to put it in the fragile cargo hold (Hold stowage); This basically means you take the box all the way to where you board the plane, hand it to a crew member and they put it in the hold stowage compartment.

I used to travel quite a bit with sensitive/expensive computer equipment and used to do this quite a bit. You might also need to cruise around with proof of purchase or other documentation to prove that it's yours, etc etc etc...

The only time I have ever had shit was when I was taking two Cisco ASAs to Iran as I didn't have the documentation allowing me to bring devices with the ability to encrypt data into the country.
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oh ok, ja i ideally want to do something like this....

Do you pay extra to do this or is this part of your carry on luggage if you dont have carry on luggage?

so much research we have to do on this whole move.... at least the cats are kinda sorted now, have to wait for 30 days in order to do the TITRE rabies test and that take another 4 weeks and then we can only look at booking flights...
 
Wenzdayz said:
oh ok, ja i ideally want to do something like this....

Do you pay extra to do this or is this part of your carry on luggage if you dont have carry on luggage?

so much research we have to do on this whole move.... at least the cats are kinda sorted now, have to wait for 30 days in order to do the TITRE rabies test and that take another 4 weeks and then we can only look at booking flights...
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Check with the airline, they usually handle this as carry-on. I have done this with Delta, Quantas and KLM. However policies do change. Also keep in mind that you'll have to wait when you disembark as (depending on the airline) you might need to pick this up directly from the cabin crew or from the baggage claims. It can be a pain in the ass though, but you're the one handling it 90% of the time so it's better that way.
 
PsychoFish said:
Check with the airline, they usually handle this as carry-on. I have done this with Delta, Quantas and KLM. However policies do change. Also keep in mind that you'll have to wait when you disembark as (depending on the airline) you might need to pick this up directly from the cabin crew or from the baggage claims. It can be a pain in the ass though, but you're the one handling it 90% of the time so it's better that way.
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OK COOL thanks PsychoFish :)
 
Wenzdayz said:
OK COOL thanks PsychoFish :)
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I would still remove the HDD and keep that in your carry on. It's by far the most sensitive to knocks and rough handling, IMO, and if it all goes missing (touch wood), it's the bit with the sensitive info on it, after all.
 
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I would still remove the HDD and keep that in your carry on. It's by far the most sensitive to knocks and rough handling, IMO, and if it all goes missing (touch wood), it's the bit with the sensitive info on it, after all.
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Solid advice right there. Also, irrespective of what you do. Make backups, hell make two backups of everything if you can. So many things can go wrong. The last thing you want is to have your disk sent in for data recovery to the sharks that run data recovery companies.
 
PsychoFish said:
Solid advice right there. Also, irrespective of what you do. Make backups, hell make two backups of everything if you can. So many things can go wrong. The last thing you want is to have your disk sent in for data recovery to the sharks that run data recovery companies.
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Oh, yes yes yes. Cross contamination backups are my favourite for offline, i.e. I backup my disc on to your machine, you onto mine, and then the discs travel separately. But the ideal situation would be to set up cheap hosting somewhere (@Solitude maintain a list that I used in the past) and just upload every bit of data that is important to you there. Then you've got offsite backups with you in control, and since nothing should go wrong (especially since you've now got backup plans in place), the speed of the download afterwards doesn't really matter, so cheap hosting should suffice.
 
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Oh, yes yes yes. Cross contamination backups are my favourite for offline, i.e. I backup my disc on to your machine, you onto mine, and then the discs travel separately. But the ideal situation would be to set up cheap hosting somewhere (@Solitude maintain a list that I used in the past) and just upload every bit of data that is important to you there. Then you've got offsite backups with you in control, and since nothing should go wrong (especially since you've now got backup plans in place), the speed of the download afterwards doesn't really matter, so cheap hosting should suffice.
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Oh, and another thing. Make copies of all your important documentation (ID, Passport, Visa, permits, tickets, bookings, etc) carry physical copies with you. Keep scans of these documents on a USB drive and keep copies on Dropbox/Skydrive/etc.

Once had a colleague lose his passport while on a business trip and the amount of hoops he had to jump though to prove that he was who he said he was to get a replacement passport was just a huge pain in the ass.

If you lose the originals, hard copy, your USB drive and Dropbox details in one go though I have no hope for you.
 
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