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Iam looking to replace my dell c510 desktop and get a lap top what would think i should get

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  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 5,042 Forumite
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    Before somebody else asks - what's wrong with the desktop?
    And what's the laptop budget? etc etc
  • rexel
    rexel Posts: 602 Forumite
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    i have been told hard drive is faulty some times it will boot on other times blue screen you have to turn it off and restart
  • grumpycrab
    grumpycrab Posts: 5,042 Forumite
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    Ensure valuable data has been backed-up. One option (assuming disk is faulty - have you done a full scan?) is to buy a new drive, image it, swap drives.
  • rexel
    rexel Posts: 602 Forumite
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    i have all photos and important docs saved on external hard drive. the current desktop was bought in 2007
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    The machine has a DELL Service Tag written on the label. What is it?
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    rexel wrote: »
    i have all photos and important docs saved on external hard drive. the current desktop was bought in 2007

    what if the external drive fails.

    who told you the internal drive was faulty, symptoms like that can be a windows corruption or driver or software problem - so a windows reinstallation would cure it

    regardless a new hard disk is far cheaper than a laptop
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • rexel wrote: »
    Iam looking to replace my dell c510 desktop and get a lap top what would think i should get

    Your budget Please.?
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