[real-eyes] Re: sick computer
- From: "&Ruthie" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:32:33 -0600
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.
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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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