 wishing i was in the bahamas..., laptop warranty repair from hell |
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| alpha434 |
 Mar 30 2006, 10:55 AM
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My member number is no coincidence.  Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
904 gauges you douchebags. I'm going to pick them up right now.
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| r_towle |
Mar 30 2006, 11:21 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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Hi,
being on both sides of the fence on this one... The standard policy is to replace the parts. Your system probably needed a new motherboard...that is where the charging plug is soldered to. So, when you replace the board, the new board does not recognise the hard drive. They just fdisk it, and bingo, it sees the new drive, although all the data is "lost" There are some online places to look for pricing...look up computer forensics...these companies specialize in recovering data. In the future...put everything in one directory tree...under Aaron. Then all your documents, homework, music etc can be there... Usually its not as much data as you think. Then back it all up before you pass it off for hardware work. If your laptop has been taken apart, it will need to be taken apart again...probably within one year...so be careful... Rich |
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| bd1308 |
Mar 30 2006, 11:31 AM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
the bahamas is very beautiful...ive been there several times. St.Croix is amazingly beautiful. I have all of my computers working, and i'd STILL like to be there.
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| Joe Ricard |
Mar 30 2006, 11:34 AM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Talk about high jacking a thread. How about you start a thread of your own. Subject matter something like " Head Douchebag gets new gauges for ...." |
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| Matt Meyer |
Mar 30 2006, 11:44 AM
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Überlurker Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Eastern Washington Member No.: 1,411 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
They did the same thing to me.
Look on your "bill" no charge of course. Mine said they optimized my system by reinstalling software. And at no charge also. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/alfred.gif) Did you read your work order when you took it in, before you signed it? I bet you signed on the part where you declined the data backup. It would have cost you. I backed up, but missed a bunch of pictures my wife wanted (not that kind of pictures) and some music for my daughter. I was able to recover everything I could think of with this Recovery Software. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) You can run the "trial version" and see what it finds and then buy it if you decide to recover it. I am sure there are better progams out there but I figured the trial is free so I had nothing to lose. Also it takes a long time, like defraging 120M hard drive on a 486. I let it run all night. |
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| Aaron Cox |
Mar 30 2006, 12:57 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
so i just jacked my roommates computer (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/tongue.gif)
anyway - work order said loose connection. i was asked if i had any "critical data" on it..... it didnt click to me that the harddrive would be erassed or replaced.... i signed off on the wirk order (fine print sucks....) so yeah... thanks for the comments. life gave me lemons.... so i chucked em back as hard as i could (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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| Jenny |
Mar 30 2006, 01:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,060 Joined: 6-January 03 Member No.: 96 Region Association: None |
I'd like to hear more about this. I've wanted to throttle a couple of best buy geeks myself. No offense to geeks. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) Jen |
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| Aaron Cox |
Mar 30 2006, 01:05 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
i made my dad come with me (computer/electrical engineer) anyway - the guy said, "its not that dramatic to lose all your data" - i was like "WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME THAT MY DATA ISNT IMPORTANT, AND THE LOSS OF IT ISNT DRAMATIC" "sir if you dont lower your voice i will have you escorted out of the store" and when they fed us some BS about comouter stuff in general, my dad was like "I design this stuff for a living. thats BS!" |
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| Jenny |
Mar 30 2006, 01:10 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,060 Joined: 6-January 03 Member No.: 96 Region Association: None |
Hm.. that wasn't as dramatic as I was hoping for. Not the loss of data, I mean. But the scene you made at BB. Next time I'm down that way, how about you and I go sling some dog poo at the store front? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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| Matt Meyer |
Mar 30 2006, 01:28 PM
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Überlurker Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Eastern Washington Member No.: 1,411 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Aaron,
Was not trying to (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/poke.gif). I took it in to have a key on the keyboard fixed. They also fixed a USB port (didn't expect that). I was completely suprised the harddrive got reformatted. I had a little talk with the boy behind the counter. He showed me the fine print. His manager? came over to supervise our discussion and back him up. My reason for posting is I think I managed to recover an enormous amount of data with the linked software. I ran the trial version. It listed pages and pages of files to recover (not in a nicely structured way). I bought it and recovered all the files I wanted. If you want to recover your data do not use the computer until you try the software. You kids with these reliabile computer don't remember when corrupted hard disks were less than unheard of. |
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| bd1308 |
Mar 30 2006, 07:14 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
I am trying to recover this 14 year old computer....and man the HD is so touchy.....
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| SLITS |
Mar 30 2006, 07:39 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
machinists & engineers....wirk....... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/poke.gif) |
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| Katmanken |
Mar 30 2006, 07:47 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have a new tack...
I give them my business card and tell them there are 9 floors of lawyers at the firm... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) Ken (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) |
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| bd1308 |
Mar 30 2006, 08:02 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
AA,
maybe they found a butterfly in your computer?? |
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