[real-eyes] Re: sick computer
- From: "Cathy Pyper" <cpyper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:45:36 -0600
Ruthie, Thank you and I will get it back Saturday when Amy and I go to have
our hair done and then I will find someone to bring me up there. Thank you
so much for trying.
Cathy
----- Original Message -----
From: "&Ruthie" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:32 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: sick computer
> It may well be a hard drive issue...and we have a tool here that can bring
> most hard drives back to life. We also have some other stuff up our
> sleeves
> that might get the thing running again. I'm not totally convinced it's
> the
> mother board...doesn't mean it isn't, but I'd rather try some things out
> first before I'd go installing a new motherboard for hundreds of dollars.
> Ruthie & Cats must stick their paw into mom's mouth while she's sleeping.
> "We are more than the sum of our parts." Private mail is *always* welcome.
> MSN Messenger ID: clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx AOL ID: chaosynchronous We are
> the
> few, Who speak for the many, Who cannot speak for themselves. We are the
> many, Who speak for the one, Who could not speak for herself.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:04 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: sick computer
>
>
>>I agree with Reg. If it is the mother board that is the problem, the
>>information installed on the hard drive should be fine. The person may be
>>absolutely correct, but I would definitely get a second opinion before I
>>would expect to have all of my data and programs destroyed.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Reginald George [sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:23 PM
>> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: sick computer
>>
>> Saying nothing could be saved doesn't sound right. Even if the board
>> died
>> the hard drive might be fine. Did he say that before or after looking at
>> it. Second opinion maybe? Wonder if he really wanted to work on it.
>> How
>> far away is the shop? There's a Computers Plus on 64th St. up north
>> that's
>> Share Fareable, but call them to make sure they do laptops. Yes, it's
>> worth
>> fixing with the 104 key keyboard and all. That was a pretty good system.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cathy Pyper" <cpyper@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:46 AM
>> Subject: [real-eyes] sick computer
>>
>>
>> Hello, My lap top died. It would come on but there was nothing there. I
>> was told it was the mother board and he thought it would cost about $200
>> .00 plus $75.00 to install. Plus another $25.00 for it to be taken out
>> there and then brought home. I was told that he could not save any of
>> the
>> information and everything would have to be installed. It's only two
>> years
>> old. It Windows Vista. Does this sound right? I would need to pay
>> someone
>> to install everything all over again as well. I really like that lap top
>> but is it worth putting this kind of money in to it? Thank you for any
>> advice.
>> Cathy
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