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Laptop restore
20-11-2011 7:16 PM
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It had vista home premium on, and is a Toshiba. I really don't want to have to buy another copy as they already have a valid licence, and to be honest I don't feel comfortable seeing if I can get a disk off E-Bay, as it could be full of god knows what.... I did wonder if there is any way of getting hold of a factory recovery disk, trawled toshibas website but cant seem to find anything other than the driver downloads. If I have to buy an OS then i am resigned to that, but I would welcome any advice, to see if I can save having to do that.
Re: Laptop restore
20-11-2011 7:54 PM
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For the re-install, any OEM Vista disk would do. I know these are rarely supplied these days but you might find someone who has one if you ask around. Or negotiate a deal with your local computer repair person that they do the Windows install and you do the rest (download and install the drivers, utilities etc). The actual person-time involved in a Vista install is probably only about 15 minutes if they can get on with something else whilst the disc is doing its thing.
Re: Laptop restore
20-11-2011 8:54 PM
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I have a mate with a vista oem disk, but it is home basic... Are you saying that would install home premium, depending on the licence key used?
Re: Laptop restore
20-11-2011 11:11 PM
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Re: Laptop restore
20-11-2011 11:35 PM
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Quote from: ReedRichards I hope you have a replacement hard drive "in stock" because hard drive prices have just gone through the roof, increasing by two or three times!
I noticed this the other day when I went to purchase a HDD for SWMBO.
Just a couple of months ago I got two 1.5TB drives online from PC world at £39.99 and free delivery.
Now 1TB drive is around £115!
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Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 11:06 AM
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170722753976
although it says it is "manufacturer refurbished".... and has a "manufacturers 12 month warranty".....I emailed the seller, (mentioning Sale of Goods act), and he says HE gives a 12 month warranty...
For a similar price you can get a NEW 160 gb from Novatech.....
Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 12:00 PM
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I would be very wary indeed of any computer equipment classified as "refurbished". This usually means "returned as faulty but we couldn't find the fault". So you are taking a gamble on the person who returned it being mistaken rather than the fault-finding procedure being inadequate. Hard drives are sealed units so there is nothing physical you can do to "refurbish" them. You could run software to check for and hide the bad sectors so they don't get used again but you'll soon get more if the drive is wearing out.
Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 1:03 PM
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He responded that he had checked the situation (as he only mentioned the manufacturers warranty on his listiing) and that HE would honour a 12 months warranty...
As he has been made aware of the buyers "concern" prior to the transaction, and as he has responded "favourably", I see no problem with purchasing from him....
add to the above, the following "Item Specifics" in the description.....
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Manufacturer refurbished: An item that has been professionally restored to working order by a manufacturer-approved vendor.
This means the product has been inspected, cleaned and repaired to meet manufacturer specifications and is in excellent condition.
This item may or may not be in its original packaging
(my bold and highlighted text)
I think it is a "fairly safe" transaction.
Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 1:19 PM
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They normally they have Refurbished printed somewhere on the label. Perhaps it is one of these that he is selling?
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Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 1:46 PM
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Quote from: shutter inspected
Probably a quick visual inspection for dents, charred circuitry.
Quote from: shutter cleaned
Externally. Probably using a vacuum cleaner with brush attachment.
Quote from: shutter repaired to meet manufacturer specifications
This would be an automatic software program that checks the drive, hides all the unreadable bits and checks that the drive then meets performance specifications. The same thing is done on new drives so drives that have undergone this are sometimes described as "recertified".
Quote from: shutter is in excellent condition
I'm not sure that this means anything; if it does it probably means the drive is not beyond a certain age or a certain number of hours of previous use.
New hard drives usually come with a 3 year warranty, some have 5 years, some 2 years. But we want our hard drive to last as long as whatever it's installed in. I hope you are lucky, Shutter, but I think buying "refurbished" computer equipment is a false economy, more often than not. And yes, Mav, if you return a hard drive under warranty then what you get back is somebody else's return that has undergone the process I describe.
Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 2:12 PM
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I did that with Novatech, on a brand new HDD last year, that would not even take the OS ..... I returned it within 24 hours of purchase, in person, and the guy behind the counter started to tell me that it had to go back to the manufacturer for testing before they would replace it.... Quoting my rights under the SOG and Trades description acts, I had a new HDD in my hand within 15 minutes.
Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 2:29 PM
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Re: Laptop restore
21-11-2011 6:26 PM
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Time will tell......
Re: Laptop restore
23-11-2011 6:22 PM
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Quote from: shutter just ordered one of these.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170722753976
And.... it has arrived.... posted in a sealed, anti-static bag, with a small silica-gel pack inside. that was protected by a cardboard sleeve, inside a "mail lite" padded envelope.
Am going to put it into the laptop later, and see how it performs by installing Windows Vista Home Premium.
(yes it does have a "Refurbished" label on it, and also, "SAMSUNG warranty void. Warranted by the Reseller ONLY"...
(I will get a sticky label and put the suppliers details etc, on that.... Just in case.! )
Re: Laptop restore
23-11-2011 8:36 PM
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What would you guys do?
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