Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

don't assume because he says its dead that it is....

There may be more skilled people around who can resuscitate it.

:D

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

i will get a second opinion on, and maybe shock it back into life! but seriously i did think i would get more than 2 and half years out of it, and thinking about it maybe i should have took the extra warranty out on it.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

let us know if it comes back broken still.....

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

Maybe you should have taken it back to where you bought it from if it was only 2 1/2 years old.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

will let you know if its still broken, did,nt think i could take it back to where i got it from after 2 1/2 years,by the way it was pc world i got it from, say no more, and it cost £499.00 to be exact.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

Marg
There was an article recently in the paper about extended cover, on some one who bought a 1000 quid Telle that lasted 2 1/2 years, they had extended cover, but because the thing was unrepairable, they only got 400 quid in vouchers towards a new one. So much for extended warranty, a rip off.

Retlaw.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

As someone else has had it apart then PCworld will not touch it unless charging you.

If he cant do it, get it back.
Demand a refund on anything you have paid him.

There are other people that can sort laptops out.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

Sounds like its not a big priority to the shop, which shop is it out of interest?

If it needs a new hard drive then these cost about £30-£35 for 160GB.

I had a problem like this a few months ago and i used a program called KillDisk (free) to completely restart the hard drive.

Id take it somewhere else if its taking to long.

Matt

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

hi, sorry i,ve not been on for a few days(been getting new caravan sorted) well, i,ve my laptop back, sorted. something to do with the hard drive controller, think thats what he said, i,m not very technical. any way its up and running so far so good . marg.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

Did he fit a new hard drive controller to your laptop?

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

yes, i think so, not been charged yet for repairs, told me to run it for a month to see how it goe,s on. marg.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

would surprise me as they are normally integrated to the motherboard on a laptop so not something that can be 'changed' without major work.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

sorry, i was just guessing when i said i thought he had put a new one in,still ok up to press, keeping my fingers crossed. marg.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

I know that, I was just interested to see what bull she was told by the repair geek.

Re: is my laptop ready for the graveyard!
 

Just to let you know he is not a Bull or a repair Geek .

Wait till marg comes back and tells you the outcome of her Lap Top repairer then maybe you will come back with a sorry for that statement .