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| Thread ID: 63725 | 2005-11-20 23:52:00 | How to fix dead computer? | zahmad (8963) | Press F1 |
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| 405966 | 2005-11-22 20:21:00 | IS there any other way he can connect it through usb? I believe u can do that for external hardrives. PLease help. | zahmad (8963) | ||
| 405967 | 2005-11-22 20:28:00 | IS there any other way he can connect it through usb? I believe u can do that for external hardrives. PLease help. There's firewire, but you would still need the external case, and an onboard firewire port. Or a PCI firewire card. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 405968 | 2005-11-22 20:30:00 | IS there any other way he can connect it through usb? I believe u can do that for external hardrives. PLease help. Not without spending money, and that might be almost as much as a new HDD. It doesn't sound like you have enough knowledge or skills to do this repair, so it would probably be safer, cheaper and faster to take it to a tech who could do a temporary data shift to an empty HDD, reformat the old one, reload the OS and programs (don't forget the programs, I hope he has the disks) then transfer the data back. Keeping on saying "Please Help" will not overcome a lack of experience or money. As pointed out already, if you don't know what safe mode is, your experience is probably very limited. Do you have any mutual friends who have the necessary expertise? Cheers Billy 8-{) Edit: Reflecting on the overall content of this thread, if his data is on a second HDD, it won't be affected by anything you do to the first drive, so nothing would prevent you from reformatting the first drive and reinstalling the OS & programs. If the data is on both HDDs, then borrowing another PC and installing the OS drive as a slave will allow removal of the data without any cost at all. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 405969 | 2005-11-22 20:34:00 | Ok, ok. Now I get that he will probably have to get it repaired by professional. Thanks for all your help! | zahmad (8963) | ||
| 405970 | 2005-11-23 02:37:00 | don't take it personnally - it's the old kiwi way of trying to do things yourself, but theres always a limit & you got to know your limit. i needed a new tv aerial & a cable to my office - called an expert, fix my car - went to my mechanic. i wouldnt have kept on calling my mechanic how to do it or gone to a mechanic forum - its wasting time & money. but its good you were trying to help & made an effort to do a bit of research. i had a major job last week - a client's son's friend tried to fix their pc & fried it - 2 years of family video editing, unbacked, gone... | quarry (252) | ||
| 405971 | 2005-11-23 07:00:00 | don't take it personnally - it's the old kiwi way of trying to do things yourself, but theres always a limit & you got to know your limit. i needed a new tv aerial & a cable to my office - called an expert, fix my car - went to my mechanic. i wouldnt have kept on calling my mechanic how to do it or gone to a mechanic forum - its wasting time & money. but its good you were trying to help & made an effort to do a bit of research. i had a major job last week - a client's son's friend tried to fix their pc & fried it - 2 years of family video editing, unbacked, gone... I've just become a kiwi this year! Anyway, can he buy any plugs/wires or something that can enables his hardrive to be pluged onto another computer via an usb port. He just wants to give it a go himself before going to a professional pc tech. Thanks to u all. |
zahmad (8963) | ||
| 405972 | 2005-11-23 07:26:00 | Anyway, can he buy any plugs/wires or something that can enables his hardrive to be pluged onto another computer via an usb port. Yes. www.qmb.co.nz |
pctek (84) | ||
| 405973 | 2005-11-23 07:49:00 | Yes. www.qmb.co.nz Cheers PCtech, thats a lot of help, one more qustion, if he does plug in his hardrive to another computer via usb, will there be any problems of it recognising the hardrive. Can he he just open it and go into his documents etc? Cheers. |
zahmad (8963) | ||
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