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    Angry NEED HELP!!! About SL-2 express Generater Need any advice

    Hi everyone i ran into a big problem with my SL-2 generator, my hard drive fried, took the tower to a local computer store they told me changing the hard drive isnt a problem, but impossible to carry over the old software to the new hard drive because of the security put on it by the company where the generator was bought (gerber). i called the company the told me they want 8 thousand dollars for the software!!!!!!....my jaw dropped when i heard that is there anything else i can do without paying the 8 grand please any advice is helpful
    did anyone have this problem or know anything about these machines.!

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    Is that a hard drive in the generator itself or are you talking about the computer that feeds the data to the generator such as innovations???
    I have a Optek generator that has a computer inside it but even that has back up discs in case I need to reinstall it.

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    I have a 12 year old SL-2 and have had computer issues as well. The SL-2 would not boot. Turns out it was the mother board that went bad. I have a local IT wiz. He checked the hard drive by running it as a secondary drive on a common PC and the hard drive booted as if it was in generator. He determined the mother board was bad and located a similar used board..which was pure luck due to the age of the machine. A good IT person can "mirror" a drive...just purchase the same type ie SATA drive. I believe the OS is basic DOS. Would like to know if you have already resolved this issue.

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    don't give up on it! i love my SL-2...still the best generator on the market...if you absolutely have to pay the $8k do it...mine is in it's 17th year i think and i wouldn't trade it for anything

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