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Old 04-17-2008, 11:04 AM
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This is the first time I've been able to get on here all week because my laptop died afterr my 16 YO daughter used it over the weekend. Luckily, I had bought a 3 year service contract and they'll replace the HD at no cost to me. The bad thing is I lost all my data because I didn't back anything up like I know I should. This is my 7th PC and the first HD failure. I guess I got complacent. Luckily I uploaded a lot of pics to Photobucket.
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Originally Posted by N2rock
I then gave the old one to Shannon- she has been using it for a year now without a single problem

Maybe she isn't visiting the same virus laden websites as you. Here's a tip: If the girls on the site look like they have a virus, then the site probably does too.



Side note - I honestly thought the title of the threat was "laptop crushed" and I was hoping for pics and an interesting story!
Old 04-17-2008, 12:01 PM
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Maybe she isn't visiting the same virus laden websites as you. Here's a tip: If the girls on the site look like they have a virus, then the site probably does too.

HA-ha, I actually laughed for that.
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Originally Posted by bmcollier
Here's a tip: If the girls on the site look like they have a virus, then the site probably does too.




Well, ya... thats about right.
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I got a call from Best Buy as I was leaving work today the the HD had been replaced. Then they told me it would cost $129 plus tax to have the OS installed, since I had no recovery discs. If I had them, it would be no charge. Now I have to contact HP and get them, so it'll be another week or so.

Edit. I contacted HP after work today and they're sending me a recovery disc for no charge, except for shipping.

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Old 04-25-2008, 04:39 AM
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It's home now with a new 160 GB HD. I could have sworn the old one was only 100 GB. I called HP last Sat., (04/19) and ordered recovery disc. They promised me a delivery date of 04/23, but they arrived Tues, 04/22. Now the fun begins; reinstalling all the programs and configuring.



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