Hi Roger, Having replaced a laptop hard drive myself recently, I'd say he probably is getting quite a reasonable deal. However, for that money, he should be getting at least a 90-100 MB drive. The drives are physically very small, not like regular drives. Laptops are also very confined spacewise, so not too easy to work on. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of roger south Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:23 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Compaq Presario 1500 Hi All My sighted son has a Compaq Presario 1500 laptop. He has a problem which means he cannot boot up. He is told he needs a new hard drive and he has been quoted between £100 and £170 for this to be done. Neither of us have ever done anything to a laptop but are willing to try providing it's not too complicated. Also are hard drives for laptops different from those for desktops. Any advice would be most appreciated. Many thanks Roger Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq