davy_fulla Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 My hard drive fooked up at the weekend and after much pissing about I took it to the computer shop. I couldn't get windows to boot. The guy in the shop said if they could fix it without using any parts it'd be 45 quid. He rang today to say I needed a new hard drive. it'd be 50 quid for a 160gb or 60 quid for a 320gb and he said he'd be able to save all my data. I'm thinking now if my hard drive is goosed how can he rescue the data? Also is 105 quid reasonable for the work he's done? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Bee Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well yeah, but that's what computer shops do. It's possible for the disk to be fucked but data to be recovered (it can be quite easy or it can require some tools to do it). For that price my guess is that he's just going to plug in a new drive and copy it over from the slightly gimped drive. And for £60 you should be able to get a 1000GB hard disk on t'internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It wasn't G.C electronics was it? Awful shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Buy the drive yourself then get him (or someone cheaper) to do the transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy_fulla Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It wasn't G.C electronics was it? Awful shop. got it in one mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I'd predict 80% of the people on this board could do that work. (Just get someone from here to do it for you man... not me though) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 You can't really say, there's a possibility you have, just like anything else, however it could be a number of different things, I had a HDD once that was bust, wouldnt boot up because it couldnt be detected but worked alright as a slave. But yeah, a lot of people here could do it for you if that is the case anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Was just on Sky News yesterday morning computer shops ripping off customers. They had the webcam working on the laptop filming them without them knowing, and they fixed it quickly as it was a small problem and then made out like it was the motherboard failing and it would cost £100 to fix even though another computer shop fixed the small problem for free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Buy the HD yourself and get them to do the transfer. TBH unless you can ask him what the exact problem is you getting a transfer done for £50 and a refit of the HD if you are technically short in that department isn't too bad. Some data rescuing even on a normal disc can be charged up to £5,000, some of it takes machines worth quarter of a mill to get data off and several days, sure your's isn't this case, but thats the range of things and without knowing what failed on the HD and whether you can do it yourself the price cannot really be said if its a rip or not imo. Thing is you've already paid £45 no? If so get it fixed by them, if not try it yourself. Buy the HD and as long as you've got the O/S disc a full reinstall in no bother while you can then run your fuked HD as a second drive and get all the info off it and chuck it. (that's what i would do in any HD failure or corruption) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Was just on Sky News yesterday morning computer shops ripping off customers. They had the webcam working on the laptop filming them without them knowing, and they fixed it quickly as it was a small problem and then made out like it was the motherboard failing and it would cost £100 to fix even though another computer shop fixed the small problem for free. Also taking peoples bank details and passwords. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy_fulla Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Got an update today. It turns out the hard drive might be ok and it looks like a faulty motherboard. They can't fix it at the shop and would have to send it away. I'd be looking at 165 quid for that. I've told them I'll just take it back still broken. On the bright side they won't charge me as they didn't fix it. On the bad side my laptops still fooked. Where do I go from here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 £165 for a motherboard? I've not looked for a long time but my initial reaction is: Edit - didn't realise it was for a laptop, oops. Probably about right then. For that kind of money you'd probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting a new one tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy_fulla Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 £165 for a motherboard? I've not looked for a long time but my initial reaction is: Edit - didn't realise it was for a laptop, oops. Probably about right then. For that kind of money you'd probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting a new one tbh. bollocks. I was waiting for someone to say that. It cost me 200 quid reconditoned from currys online. A nice big 17" screen as well. It had a years warranty but I've worked out I've had a year and 2wks. The shop has offered me 50 quid for the parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Bee Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I'd get rid and buy new. Absolutely no point throwing that kind of money at it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Destroy your hardrive. Don't let any fucker get their hand on ya data. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 You could attempt to buy some extended warranty on the laptop from the supplier then in a bit claim its broken and send it off for repair. Could be a lot cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 £165 for a motherboard? I've not looked for a long time but my initial reaction is: Edit - didn't realise it was for a laptop, oops. Probably about right then. For that kind of money you'd probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting a new one tbh. bollocks. I was waiting for someone to say that. It cost me 200 quid reconditoned from currys online. A nice big 17" screen as well. It had a years warranty but I've worked out I've had a year and 2wks. The shop has offered me 50 quid for the parts. If its a year and two weeks Currys might help you out as a sign of good will just being over. It's probably 50/50 on whether £165 for a mobo and fitting is worth it or not. Price wise its expected, what are the spec of your lappy, its the only way to be sure you are doing the right thing by getting rid. PS: You house insured? If so, drop it down the stairs...it fell out of you laptop bag when you were running up them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Bee Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 £165 for a motherboard? I've not looked for a long time but my initial reaction is: Edit - didn't realise it was for a laptop, oops. Probably about right then. For that kind of money you'd probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting a new one tbh. bollocks. I was waiting for someone to say that. It cost me 200 quid reconditoned from currys online. A nice big 17" screen as well. It had a years warranty but I've worked out I've had a year and 2wks. The shop has offered me 50 quid for the parts. If its a year and two weeks Currys might help you out as a sign of good will just being over. It's probably 50/50 on whether £165 for a mobo and fitting is worth it or not. Price wise its expected, what are the spec of your lappy, its the only way to be sure you are doing the right thing by getting rid. PS: You house insured? If so, drop it down the stairs...it fell out of you laptop bag when you were running up them. He only paid £200 for it. He'd be better off doing that again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I had a computer shop try to charge me for a new hard drive and data copy once, I took it somewhere else and it turned out the connection cable was just loose. He plugged it back in properly and it worked fine. Not saying you are being ripped off, but always get a couple of different shops to look at it before you have anything done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattynufc Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Depends on the type of laptop depending on how much it costs. It sounds weird that it boots but just not into Windows, if it was the motherboard I am not 100% sure why this would affect it, guess there are multiple reasons why it could though. As some have suggested, let people on here have a look. If you don't want to splash out on a new laptop when potentially your current one is fine then that makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy_fulla Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I've just has a 2nd person looking at my laptop and it's officially died and gone to heaven. It's the motherboard apparently. Just wondering if anyone on here is after buying it for parts. It's a toshiba equium with a 19" screen. PM me if interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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