Once again, I'm really appreciative of the advice. P Gage, Gmail sent your response to junk mail (what's up with that?), but I was able to read it first.
The hard drive was already replaced once, not long after I got it when it was still under warranty. (It crashed during the installation of Service Pack 2.) I watched the NSF Help Desk guy do it. It did take him about 15 minutes, and the keyboard did not have to be removed. Keith, the repair guy, said something about probably being able to image it and then it wouldn't have to have all the programs reloaded? (Think I got that right.) It also needs cleaning. That came as no surprise given the amount of dust that always seems to accumulate. Even though I'm dreading shopping for a new computer at this time of the year, and then figuring out what I'm going to do about setting it up, that's what I will probably be doing - unless the repair price is lowered to around 200 bucks. That's what seems reasonable to me. David R, I appreciate all the advice about size. I'm aware that size does matter. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Timko Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 9:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: OFF TOPIC Computer repair On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote: I also agree with David that $350 seems high (unless the hd controller went, in which case it becomes a no-brainer), and possibly includes the time to reinstall programs, etc. Hard drives have spiked in price since the floods in Thailand took out 25% of the world's hard drive manufacturing ... but still ... Most notebook computers provide simple access to the hard drive from the bottom. Some require you to pry off the keyboard, which isn't really designed to be removed. If that's the case, $350 would cover about $150 for the hard drive and $200 for labor, which is fair. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
