Bust SATA Laptop Hard Drive.

stilltheone

spike7451 wrote: »

OK,I tried to access it using an USB caddy but all it did was to make my Windows Explorer go 'Non Responsive,so I bunged it back into the laptop & ran a diagnostic on the disc,I got 'error 0146' which,according to Google search,say's the HD's bolluxed.
I can get a 300Gb one from the local PC shop & he's gonna see about bunging Win7 on it for me.
Thanks again for all the help.

Are you drunken? From whence will he 'bung' Genuine Windows 7?
That would cost more than the HDD.

andy2004

well legally if the shop owner were to put an unactivated copy on there so that after the person buying it is using their KEY 25 digits code, whatever it is for windows 7 from the sticker thats on the laptop then that would ok, otherwise it would be a pirate copy. However if the cd/dvds which have the backup or should i say the restore cd from the laptop should be fine to reload the os onto the hdd as changing the hdd is always expected to go on a laptop. has to be so many changes to the hardware to make it unusable.

stilltheone

andy2004 wrote: »

well legally if the shop owner were to put an unactivated copy on there so that after the person buying it is using their KEY 25 digits code, whatever it is for windows 7 from the sticker thats on the laptop then that would ok, otherwise it would be a pirate copy. However if the cd/dvds which have the backup or should i say the restore cd from the laptop should be fine to reload the os onto the hdd as changing the hdd is always expected to go on a laptop. has to be so many changes to the hardware to make it unusable.

How much time did you spend writing this?
Clearly the OP does not have a licence for Windows 7; DELL OEM or otherwise he would just use the recovery discs supplied with the computer to install Windows 7.

He wouldn't need the local shop to 'bung it on for him'.

andy2004

He didnt mention which OS was on his computer.

stilltheone

andy2004 wrote: »

He didnt mention which OS was on his computer.

Come on now. It doesn't take much.

Why would someone stick an unlicenced and non-activated OS on their machine if they had a licenced copy of the very same OS in their possession?

A retail copy of Windows 7 will not activate online with the DELL OEM key on the laptop.

spike7451

stilltheone wrote: »

Are you drunken? From whence will he 'bung' Genuine Windows 7?
That would cost more than the HDD.

Sorry,I shouldv'e said he is charging me extra for the Win7 on the HDD.Currently using Vista basic.

stilltheone

spike7451 wrote: »

Sorry,I shouldv'e said he is charging me extra for the Win7 on the HDD.Currently using Vista basic.

Of course he is charging you, but how much and which version exactly? This will help in determining as to whether it is genuinely licenced or not.