My computer crashed last Friday. I took it in to be fixed Saturday and by Tuesday, they told me the hard drive was completely dead so I had to buy a new computer. Luckily, I happened to back almost everything up about a week before this happened. Right now I am busy reinstalling all of my software and trying to find all of my bookmarks, etc.
Tags: Hard disk drive, Hard Drives
March 29, 2012 at 5:32 am
Buy a whole new computer because of a hard drive crash? All you need is a new hard drive.
March 29, 2012 at 3:44 pm
No, the computer itself was getting old and not working too well.This was actually the second time the hard drive crashed and the people I took it to said I might as well get a new computer.
March 29, 2012 at 5:08 pm
What’s your definition of old? It was 5 or 6 years before I began replacing parts in the computer I’m currently running.
March 29, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I had it for about three years. The battery needed to be replaced as it would only hold a charge for about 20 minutes and the power cord no longer worked so I had to buy a general laptop cord about a year ago. The keyboard was also starting to go. It also kept freezing, which meant I should have had it looked at before the hard drive completely failed. I would have preferred not to buy a new one but it wouldn’t have cost that much less to repair the old.
March 29, 2012 at 8:33 pm
You’ve gone through every reason why I don’t like laptops.
March 29, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Yes, it is hard to replace parts for them. I was actually able to replace parts when I had a desktop. But I like the portability and the lack of wires going everywhere.