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| Thread ID: 110704 | 2010-06-29 01:37:00 | PC Technician in North Canterbury - any recommendations? | John H (8) | Press F1 |
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| 1114356 | 2010-06-30 10:29:00 | Well, that generated a discussion, but no-one knows a worthy technician in North Canterbury apparently! For the person who was unsure of the drive in this thing, it is a Hitachi DK23EA-40, which is a 2 . 5" drive with a Z-Height of 9 . 5mm . I am not sure if that is an unusual sucker or not . However, I also checked my receipts for when I bought the laptop, and it was 2003, two years older than I remembered . It has caused no problems in that time, so I guess Fujitsu makes good laptops and Hitachi makes good drives . The only thing I have done thus far is to stuff more RAM into it . I managed that OK on my own without breaking anything, but a drive it a bit more than I feel like managing . However, I do have Drive Image, so I could image the drive, and it is on a LAN, so maybe it wouldn't be too hard . Hueybot - thanks for the offer, but I have a great technician in ChCh who I have used to build various PCs for me, my wife, and my daughter over the years, so if I have to go to the car infested swamp, I might as well go back to him . I was trying to avoid any unnecessary trips into the smog now I have left it behind . But thanks again . |
John H (8) | ||
| 1114357 | 2010-06-30 11:42:00 | Have sent you a private message. | supergran (108) | ||
| 1114358 | 2010-06-30 11:47:00 | If you get stuck offer stands, guarentee I'm cheaper though! | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1114359 | 2010-06-30 11:59:00 | I have a 20GB Hitachi on my 2000 laptop still here, it's an IDE, we use a DSE 2.5" USB2 enclosure case :D I also have a Fujitsu 40GB off a mate. Connect to a working PC and image it and then throw the image back onto the new one. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1114360 | 2010-07-06 03:53:00 | hi john. try ringing Amb.3148686, I think he'll oblige. glenbuc76. |
glenbuc76 (15853) | ||
| 1114361 | 2010-07-06 04:20:00 | hi john. try ringing Amb.3148686, I think he'll oblige. glenbuc76. Hi Thanks for the recommendation - supergran pmed me the same person's contact details, and he gave me a good quote for the job. He came and picked up the laptop last night. A bonus is that his grandparents live in our street, so he gets to visit them at the same time as us, and I didn't need to go up to Amberley to drop the lappie off! Thanks again. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1114362 | 2010-07-10 10:36:00 | Stephen of Bright Star PC did a pick up and delivery of my laptop from/to my home, and did the replacement of the hard drive in an efficient manner and short time frame. He also sorted out a boot problem that was left over from the days when it was dual booting Linux and Windoze. If you live in North Canterbury I would recommend his firm. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1114363 | 2010-07-10 12:04:00 | As would I, and did. LOL | supergran (108) | ||
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