Silicon Connect ltd

abby35

HIya

not sure if this is the right place to post but im confused. I need a new hard drive mines at the end keeps shutting down. I saw some cheap refurbs on Silicon Connect ltd via Amazon and was wondering if anyone has bought from them before?

Thanks

OneADay

Never get a refurbished hard drive if you value your data and money.

Chaos

OneADay wrote: »

Never get a refurbished hard drive if you value your data and money.

Absolutely agree - you can pick up a new hard drive for less than £30 that will probably be faster and have a larger capacity than your old one.

Unless by "Hard drive" you mean the actual computer - the shutting down bit got me thinking, then It's worth considering a reconditioned one, but I'd still replace the hard drive of it with a new one.

abby35

Hi

yeah sorry i mean the whole computer bit. I really have no know all about this stuff. I just want to use the internet without the bloody computer shutting down its driving me mad plus its so slow just to load up.

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post more info about the problem

abby35

its been a long battle. I somehow got a virus on my computer although i had protection. However i ended up having to reboot windows totally again but i lost most of the elements in the computer. No sound unable to go on utube etc. Managed to live without but now the computer just decides to shut down when it feels to now and runs so slow that if i dont get rid of it i will need to go to anger management!! thats how bad it is. Ive basically lost all programs as such no dvdrw etc cant even get java!! sad i know.

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It sounds like drivers are missing for sound (see device manager), dvd writing software, flash player for youtube.

Slowness and shutdowns could be more infections, try malwarebytes and avira to scan.

Before junking it - either work through the problems or reinstall windows again, and install the missing drivers.