Acer Aspire Motherboard faulty

john432

As above, so need to send laptop to pc repairer. They will accept laptop with the hard drive removed as I am concerned about personnel data on it. In this situation how will they be able to test the laptop?


Your thoughts please.

tavernman

USB Stick/CD/DVD with live distro

john432

What does live distro do?

GunJack

UBCD/Hiren's/Linux ..all have a type of operating system that runs in RAM only, so you can check the machine without a hdd in it

john432

Also, some account were open, so didn't need to enter password.
Would these accounts still be open?

enfield_freddy

john432 wrote: »

Also, some account were open, so didn't need to enter password.
Would these accounts still be open?

YES they will still be open however how will they do that , when the h/drive is sat on your table ?

john432

Enfield freddy, I posted the question, as I don't know what will work without the hard drive not in laptop.
Perhaps, someone else could give a answer if open accounts will be accessible in this situation.
Thank you

enfield_freddy

NOTHING will work without the hard drive , the computer will just sit there saying "please insert disk" or "no operating system found"


if you do not believe me , why not try taking the disk out and see what happens.


your programmes open or not , are not going to sit in the sticks of memory ,


lets see if anyone else agrees or will they all think like you?

john432

Enfield freddy, it is not the case I don't believe you, it is the case I DID NOT KNOW what happens to a pc in this situation, hence why I posted the question and looking for advice.

enfield_freddy

the correct advice is stated above , please accept , or await other people coming back to tell you the same , you have had it explained that the quickest /easiest method of the workshop checking your machine is "UBCD/Hiren's/Linux ..all have a type of operating system that runs in RAM only, so you can check the machine without a hdd in it " ,


this is NOT a windows o/s


getting hard to exlplain ,




have you tried removing your drive yet?

ptrichardson

enfield_freddy wrote: »

NOTHING will work without the hard drive , the computer will just sit there saying "please insert disk" or "no operating system found"


if you do not believe me , why not try taking the disk out and see what happens.


your programmes open or not , are not going to sit in the sticks of memory ,


lets see if anyone else agrees or will they all think like you?

not actually correct

You can do lots without a HDD in a system
You can boot to a different Operating System that you connect via a USB stick, or a DVD
From there, you can do lots of things

However. Nobody will be able to access YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION in this way - that is all sitting on your HDD, not inside of the machine.