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removing hard drive expires warranty???

ginjim
ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
i bought an acer from tescos in feb and one of my mouse buttons has come loose so would like tescos to repair it
because it has all my work on it can i remove the hard drive while its being fixed without killing off the warranty?many thanks

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  • j1mgg
    j1mgg Posts: 124 Forumite
    you could probably buy a replacement mouse for a fiver, have they asked you return the whole computer?

    edit sorry i presumed it was a desktop

    i probably guess it would invalidate you warranty
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    j1mgg wrote: »
    you could probably buy a replacement mouse for a fiver, have they asked you return the whole computer?

    I'm assuming it's one of the buttons on the laptop itself, in which case it would have to be the entire laptop that needs taken in.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • ginjim
    ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
    j1mgg wrote: »
    you could probably buy a replacement mouse for a fiver, have they asked you return the whole computer?

    edit sorry i presumed it was a desktop

    i probably guess it would invalidate you warranty
    yes sorry it is a notebook

    not too sure if its worth the hassle i would like to ry and fix it myself but have no idea on removing buttons
    is there a nack to it?
    thanks for the advice
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Back up your important data or make a disc image.
  • devizes18193
    devizes18193 Posts: 1,594 Forumite
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    I aggree with the above posters ,all you need to do is buy an extenal mouse back up your data then send the machine back , depending on the size of the data there is always google docs which'll mean you can access your onfo from internet cafes in the mean time
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