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Help! Daughter's laptop can't boot

From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)24 Aug 2013 11:13
To: johngti_mk-ii 6 of 13
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Sounds like a dead/dying hdd.  Don't trust it.
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From: patch24 Aug 2013 11:19
To: johngti_mk-ii 7 of 13
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Bung it back under warranty?
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From: johngti_mk-ii24 Aug 2013 11:28
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 8 of 13
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quote: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
Sounds like a dead/dying hdd.  Don't trust it.

Yeah, that was my thought too!

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From: johngti_mk-ii24 Aug 2013 11:29
To: patch 9 of 13
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quote: patch
Bung it back under warranty?

That's going to be my advice to her. Only potential problem is her mum bought it cheap. Hope she can get a warranty return!

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From: ANT_THOMAS24 Aug 2013 13:11
To: johngti_mk-ii 10 of 13
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"bought it cheap"

Surely that shouldn't matter as long as it's new and from a proper retailer?
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From: johngti_mk-ii24 Aug 2013 15:43
To: ANT_THOMAS 11 of 13
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Yeah. Talking about my ex wife here.
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From: PNCOOL30 Aug 2013 14:38
To: johngti_mk-ii 12 of 13
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"Bought it cheap" sounds worrying.  Alarm bells were already ringing when you said it didn't have a Windows Licence on it anywhere. I'm pretty sure PC manufacturers can't sell full Windows based machines without a licence these days.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)30 Aug 2013 16:55
To: PNCOOL 13 of 13
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Depends what version of Windows.  Windows 8 comes with the key in the BIOS now.  I looked high and low for my key last night and ended up having to get a program to extract it out of the BIOS.
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