[dba-Tech] Laptop Hard Drive Dead

Bill Patten bill_patten at embarqmail.com
Sun Jun 28 11:56:27 CDT 2009


Rocky,

I know there is a Fry's in SD, but not how close your are to it. I  
bought a discontinued 120G 7200 rpm Toshiba Sata that was a special on 
the wall where the Hard Drives are for 49.  Be sure to determine if you 
Laptop uses IDE or Sata.

Bill

 From the Las Vegas Fry's.


Gary Kjos wrote:
> Here's an 80 GB drive for $69
>
> http://www.comptick.com/cq-r3at-80.html
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> So it looks to be repairable.
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> GK
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Rocky Smolin<rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
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>> Dear List:
>>
>> I have a Compaq Presario R3000 with a dead HD.  Is it worth replacing?  Are
>> there lots of drives that can slide in there or do I have to go to Compaq
>> and pay too much for a replacement because they've done something 'unique'
>> to stop the third party replacements?
>>
>> I've already replaced the machine with a Dell Inspiron 15.  So I don't need
>> it fixed.  But I was going to send it back to school with my son as a spare
>> since their academic lives are completely dependent on their computers now.
>>
>>
>> MTIA,
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>> Rocky Smolin
>>
>> Beach Access Software
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>> 858-259-4334
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>> www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>
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>> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>
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