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Urgent-Laptop Screwed!

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  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    Can anyone recommend me a laptop...except Toshiba for around £500. I dont really play games on them just for uni really. It needs to be reliable tho!
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • theCapt
    theCapt Posts: 223 Forumite
    gave up on the toshiba one you have then.
    Scottish proverb - "Never drink whisky with water and never drink water without whisky"
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    Well now it keeps crashing when i try and access microsoft update. IE keeps hanging!
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • has it got sp2 on? If not, make sure the firewall is on before you connect to the net.

    you may be able to get back some of your old data with these:

    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
    http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/index.htm
    http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    nope, as i have reinstalled everything it will only have sp1 on at the moment.
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    i am gonna be backing my files up with a 300gb ext hard drive in the future.

    P.S i have emailed the seller of the memory so I can get a refund. Not paying 70 quid for summit that doesnt work. He bought it in 'error' so he obviously hasnt tested it.
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • theCapt
    theCapt Posts: 223 Forumite
    still reakon sending to tohiba would be the best idea, unless you have plans to get rid of it (which I'd happly take from you) which would be madness. Fix it up and sell it, to fund your next laptop, better than a ornament.
    Scottish proverb - "Never drink whisky with water and never drink water without whisky"
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    theCapt wrote:
    still reakon sending to tohiba would be the best idea, unless you have plans to get rid of it (which I'd happly take from you) which would be madness. Fix it up and sell it, to fund your next laptop, better than a ornament.


    I know if i sell it on ebay its just going to haunt me. Plus there are other problems such as pcmcia slot doesnt work and usb slot is faulty. Its gonna cost me a fortune to fix(had a quote for pcmcia slot=140 quid) and even when it has been 'fixed' i may get complaints from the person who buys it in the future, when it breaks down again!


    P.S toshiba have said no saying it was my own risk as they said it 'should' work and not will. Its two years old so warranty is gone. I do have compucover so ill see if they will do something!
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • If you've installed the os, and it is booting, then why are you assuming there is a hardware fault?
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
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